Cocom

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The Cocom or Cocomes were a Maya family or dynasty who controlled the Yucatán Peninsula in the late Postclassic period. Their capital was at Mayapan. The dynasty was founded by Hunac Ceel, and was overthrown sometime between 1440 and 1441 by Ah Xupan of the Xiu lineage. Most of the family was massacred and there was said to only be one survivor who was travelling in Honduras at the time. However, they ultimately survived and founded the kuchkabal of Sotuta, and were also present in Hocaba-Homun.

MayapanMayapan (Màyapáan in Modern Maya; in Spanish Mayapán) is a Pre-ColumbianMaya site a couple of kilometers south of the town of in Tecoh Municipality, approximately 40 km south-east of Mérida and 100 km west of Chichen Itza; in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.Hunac Ceel

Ah Xiu XupanAh Xiu Xupan (Maya glyphs ) was the last known ruler of the Mayan chiefdom of Tutul-Xiu when it was part of the League of Mayapan. In 1441, Ah Xiu Xupan, who was the great ruler of Uxmal at that time, was given the task of starting a war with the royal family of Cocom, which founded Tibolón. He managed to kill everyone except for one Cocom survivor.

Yucatán PeninsulaThe Yucatán Peninsula ( , UK also ; Spanish: Península de Yucatán) is a large peninsula in southeast Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north and west of the peninsula from the Caribbean Sea to the east. The Yucatán Channel, between the northeastern corner of the peninsula and Cuba, connects the two bodies of water.

Maya civilizationMesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)El Castillo, at Chichen ItzaTemple of the Great Jaguar, at TikalThe Maya civilization () was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. Known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script), the civilization is also noted for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system.

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