Cocomes
Sign in to saveThe 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.
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It sits within the topics 1440s disestablishments in North America, 15th-century disestablishments in the Maya civilization and Mayan chiefdoms of the Yucatán Peninsula.
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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.
The Cocom family continued to live as a leading political power, even in modern-day Yucatan as official political representatives.
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