The archaeologist Linda Schele (“SHEE-lee”) popularized the association of warfare events with a glyph that combines one of these objects with a shell. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these celestial objects whose “wars” name Mayan conflicts. The planet Venus was often referred to as the “morning” or “evening” one of these objects.
ANSWER: stars [or ek’; accept star wars; accept Morning Star or Evening Star]
[10m] This city lost the first recorded “star war” in 562 CE to its main rival, beginning a namesake hiatus. This city later fought a cold war against that rival, Calakmul (“kah-lahk-MOOL”), using vassal cities it controlled in Guatemala’s Petén (“peh-TEN”) basin.
ANSWER: Tikal (“tih-KAHL”) [or Yax Mutal or Yax Mutul or First Mutal]
[10h] Altar 21 in this city, which was initially a vassal of Tikal before changing sides, records the 562 defeat of Tikal by Calakmul. The Hieroglyphic Stairway at Naranjo (“na-RAHN-ho”) records the reign of this city’s ruler K’an II.
ANSWER: Caracol
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