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Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
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Nojpetén
Capital city of the Mayan kingdom of Petén Itzá; now Flores, Guatemala
Nojpetén was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá. It was located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the modern department of Petén in northern Guatemala. The island is now occupied by the modern town of Flores, the capital of the Petén department, and has had…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Peten Itza kingdom
Postclassic Maya state
The Peten Itza kingdom was a kingdom centered on the island-city of Nojpetén on Lake Peten Itza.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Conquistador
Spanish and Portuguese colonizers of the Age of Discovery
Conquistadors or conquistadores were Spanish and Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with and colonized parts of the Americas, Africa, Oceania and Asia during the Age of Discovery. Sailing beyond the Iberian Peninsula, they established numerous colonies and trade routes,…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)