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The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
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Kaqchikel people
Indigenous Maya people of Guatemala
The Kaqchikel are one of the Indigenous Maya peoples of the midwestern highlands of Guatemala and of southern Mexico. They constitute Guatemala's third largest Maya group. The name was formerly spelled in various other ways, including Cakchiquel, Kakchiquel, Caqchikel, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Maya civilization
Mesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script). The Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Spanish conquest of Guatemala
1524–1697 defeat of Mayan kingdoms
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 Viceroyalty of New Spain. Before the conquest, this territory contained a number of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)