Yax Yopaat was a

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a popul ...

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of the Kaan kingdom (

Calakmul Calakmul (; also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. It is from the Guatemalan border. Calakmul was one of the l ...

) who ruled AD 572-579. His life is mostly a mystery for us today. A monument at

Dzibanche Dzibanche () (sometimes spelt Tz'ibanche)Martin and Grube 2000, p. 103. is an archaeological site of the ancient Maya civilization located in southern Quintana Roo, in the Yucatan Peninsula of southeastern Mexico.Martini 2010, p. 377. Dzibanche w ...

records the celebration of the 9.7.0.0.0 k'atun ending by Yax Yopaat in AD 572; his name also appears on a carved slate mirror-back. As

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is thought to have died in 572 and

Scroll Serpent Scroll Serpent (Uneh Chan) was a Maya ruler of the Kaan kingdom. He ruled from AD 579 to 611. He acceded on September 2. Reign Inscriptions at Palenque record two long-range attacks by Kaan during the reign of this powerful king in the years fo ...

acceded in 579, this king would have reigned for about six years.''Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens'' by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yax Yopaat Kings of Calakmul 6th century in the Maya civilization 6th-century monarchs in North America