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    Iximcheʼ (/iʃimˈtʃeʔ/) (or Iximché using Spanish orthography) is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala...
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    Postclassic Maya times the capital of the main branch of the Kaqchikel was Iximché. Like the neighboring K'iche' (Quiché), they were governed by four lords:...
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      National Capital and Departmental Capital Cancuén Dos Pilas El Baul Iximche Kaminaljuyu Machaquila El Mirador La Joyanca Mixco Viejo Naranjo Nakbé...
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    declared Iximche as the first capital of Guatemala, Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala ("St. James of the Knights of Guatemala"). Iximche was called...
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    JSTOR 683405. OCLC 1479294. Guillemín, Jorge F. (1965). Iximché: Capital del Antiguo Reino Cakchiquel [Iximche: Capital of the Ancient Kaqchikel Kingdom] (in Spanish)...
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    reached the Spanish at Iximche, the conquistadors marched against the Tz'utujil with their Kaqchikel allies. Pedro de Alvarado left Iximche just 5 days after...
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    name was originally used by the Mexica to refer to the Kaqchikel city of Iximche, but was extended to refer to the whole country during the Spanish colonial...
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  • Maya monarchs, also known as Maya kings and queens, were the centers of power for the Maya civilization. Each Maya city-state was controlled by a dynasty...
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    Retrieved 2011-03-01. Guillemín, Jorge F. (1965). Iximché: Capital del Antiguo Reino Cakchiquel [Iximche: Capital of the Former Kaqchikel Kingdom] (in Spanish)...
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    Iximche' en el contexto de la revitalización lingüística y la recuperación jeroglífica en las comunidades mayas de guatemala" [The stela of Iximche 'in...
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    its landscapes, varied vegetation and from being on an access route to Iximché archaeological site. Tecpán is known as the 'first capital of Guatemala...
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    the Mam in Zaculeu, the Poqomam in Mixco Viejo, and the Kaqchikel at Iximche in the Guatemalan highlands. The Pipil resided in El Salvador, the Nicarao...
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    former Kʼicheʼ allies and founded a new kingdom to the southeast with Iximche as its capital. In the decades before the Spanish invasion the Kaqchikel...
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    [citation needed] The tree lends its name to the Maya archaeological sites of Iximché and Topoxte, both in Guatemala and Tamuin (reflecting the Maya origin of...
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    Retrieved 2013-12-17. Guillemín, Jorge F. (1965). Iximché: Capital del Antiguo Reino Cakchiquel [Iximche: Capital of the former Kaqchikel Kingdom] (in Spanish)...
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  • ISBN 978-0-19-518363-4. OCLC 57319740. Guillemín, Jorge F. (1965). Iximché: Capital del Antiguo Reino Cakchiquel [Iximche: Capital of the Ancient Kaqchikel Kingdom] (in Spanish)...
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    in June). Chimaltenango is also home to the Maya civilization ruins of Iximché and Mixco Viejo, in addition to many smaller sites. As of the 2018 census...
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    Huehuetenango to Chimaltenango is roughly 160 km (99 mi) with Mayan ruins at Iximché, just north of Tecpán Guatemala. From Chimaltenango, it is about 35 to...
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    The Mayan Ruins of Iximche in Tecpán Guatemala on 21 December 2012...
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  • Santa Rosa 27 July 1524 Iximche declared first colonial capital of Guatemala Chimaltenango 28 August 1524 Kaqchikel abandon Iximche and break alliance Chimaltenango...
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    main temple was already in ruins. Iximche (Iximche) Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala Although short-lived, Iximche was the capital of the Kaqchikel...
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    centuries. On 27 July 1524, Pedro de Alvarado declared the Kaqchikel city Iximche the first regional capital, styled Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala...
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  • are Mayan archaeological sites (Tikal in the Petén, Quiriguá in Izabal, Iximche in Tecpan Chimaltenango, and in the City of Guatemala). Destinations visited...
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    particularly fine ballcourts in good condition include Tikal, Yaxha, Copán, Coba, Iximche, Monte Albán, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Yagul, Xochicalco, Mixco Viejo, and...
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    allies, who were forced to flee Qʼumarkaj and found their own capital at Iximche. After the death of king Kʼiqʼab in 1475 the Kʼicheʼ were engaged in warfare...
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    modern Nahuatl dialects. The Mexica used the word for the Kaqchikel capital Iximche in central Guatemala, but the word was extended to the entire zone in colonial...
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  • (Utatlán), the K'iche' capital, and burned it on 7 March 1524. He proceeded to Iximche, establishing a base near Tecpán on 25 July 1524. From there, he led several...
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    capital of Guatemala was founded on the site of a Kaqchikel-Maya city, named Iximche, on Monday, July 25, 1524—the day of Saint James—and therefore named Ciudad...
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    from the hostile Iximche Kaqchikel kingdom than their previous capital. In spite of this, the city fell under the domination of Iximche and the city's architecture...
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    Q’umarka’aj, becoming modern Santa Cruz de Quiché; "Guatemala" comes from Iximché, the capital of the kaqchiles) and Suchitlán in the northern state of Coahuila...
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