History of Guatemala
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The history of Guatemala traces back to the Maya civilization, with the country's modern history beginning with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. By 1000 AD, most of the major Classic-era May
The remains of the Nakbé palace from the mid-Preclassic period, Mirador Basin, Petén, Guatemala
Barrigones sculpture
Maya city of Tikal
In a protracted conflict during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonisers gradually incorporated the territory that became the modern country of Guatemala into the colonial Viceroya
History of Guatemala
…The history of Guatemala traces back to the Maya civilization (2600 BC – 1697 AD), with the country's modern history beginning with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. By 1000 AD, most of the major Classic-era (250–900 AD) Maya cities in the Petén Basin, located in the northern lowlands, had been abandoned…
Pedro de Alvarado
A page from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, showing a Spanish conquistador accompanied by Tlaxcalan allies and a native porter
Representation of a battle between a native and a conquistador.
The Plains of Urbina, scene of a decisive battle against the Kʼicheʼ