Tutul-Xiu
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Kuchkabal Tutul Xiu | |||||||||
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| 1441–1547 | |||||||||
Yucatec | |||||||||
| Religion | Maya religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Halach Uinik | |||||||||
| Historical era | post classic / Early Modern | ||||||||
• Established | 1441 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1547 | ||||||||
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Tutul-Xiu (Mayan pronunciation:
Earlier history
In later accounts the
The Xiu gradually lost control of Mayapan, which was in the hands of the Cocom and their Canul mercenaries by 1300. In c. 1400 the Cocom expelled a large number of Xiu from the settlement. However the Xiu plotted revenge and in 1441 revolted against the Cocom.[2] One party, led by Ah Xiu Xupan and assisted by mercenaries from elsewhere in Pre-Columbian Mexico, killed all members of the Cocom in Mayapan.[2][3] There was only one significant survivor of that family, who was away on a trading mission. Archaeological excavations have shown evidence of burnt structures, ceremonial deposits and human bones from this period. The destruction led to the decline of the cities of Northern Yucatán. The leading families of Mayapan left to found new settlements and Yucatán fragmented into 18 petty kingdoms. The Chel established themselves at Tecoh, the surviving Cocom at Tibolon and the Xiu at Mani.[2]
During the Spanish conquest
The Xiu were among the most willing allies of the Spanish, who counted the Capul and Cocom among their fiercest opponents.[4] The Xiu later claimed to have submitted to the Spanish because of prophecies foretelling their arrival but their cooperation seems to have been motivated by the possibility of Spanish assistance against the Cocom, as the rivalry had intensified.[5] The first ambassadors from the Xiu met with Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo the Younger at Tuchi-caan, around 1539.[6] In 1547 a Spanish mission was established at Mani, the Xiu capital.[7] The Mani Land Treaty of 1557 resolved a border dispute between the Xiu of Mani, the Cocom of Sotuta and the Copul.[8]
References
- ^ Roys, Ralph Loveland (1957). The political geography of the Yucatan Maya. Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 61. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-4616-4447-7.
- ISBN 978-1-4616-4447-7.
- ISBN 978-1-4616-4447-7.
- ^ Luxton, Richard N. (1995). The Book of Chumayel. Aegean Park Press. p. 251.
- ^ Luxton, Richard N. (1995). The Book of Chumayel. Aegean Park Press. p. 297.
- ISBN 978-0-521-71935-3.
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