Uchaʼan Kʼan Bʼalam was a
Maya
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Ethnic groups
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (East Africa), a p ...
king
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of
Aguateca
Aguateca is a Maya site located in northern Guatemala's Petexbatun Basin, in the department of Petén. The first settlements at Aguateca date to the Late Preclassic period (300 BC - AD 350). The center was occupied from about 200 B.C. unti ...
, father and predecessor of
Tan Teʼ Kʼinich
Tan Teʼ Kʼinich was a Maya king of the ancient city of Aguateca, in the Petén Department of modern Guatemala.
Biography
He was born on January 22, 748. His father was the king Uchaʼan Kʼan Bʼalam.
Aguateca Stela 19 records a battle that h ...
.
Aguateca Stela 19 records a battle that his son fought and also gives the name of Uchaʼan Kʼan Bʼalam.
Notes
Tan Teʼ Kʼinich
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Kings of Aguateca
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