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The Tikal-Calakmul Wars refer to a series of wars between Tikal and Calakmul, the First Tikal-Calakmul War being the first of these wars. During this and following conflicts in Petén vassal states like Naranjo and Dos Pilas were often used. Though Yaxchilan was in the war it only had a minor presence at the beginning. ==Yaxchilan and Calakmul== In 537 the Ajaws of Bonampak, Lakamtuun, and Calakmul (Calakmul) were captured by Yaxchilan.〔Martin & Grube 2000, p.121.〕 Bonampak and Lakamtuun remained under the control of Yaxchilan but in retaliation Calakmul conquered the latter. This gave the polity a strategic position with territory in boath the east and the west of Tikal. Calakmul was the largest Classic Maya city ever, containing around 6500 buildings in the initial 30 square kilometre area.〔Coe, M.D. (2011) ''The Maya''. Thames & Hudson〕 The population density in the urban core may have been 1000/km2. Greater Calakmul, consisting of around 122 km2, probably had a density of around 420/km2. Together this would count for a total urban population of 50.000 inhabitants. Twenty secondary sites were found within the Calakmul kingdom, raising the population to around 200.000. There appear to have been smaller third- and fourth-level sites. When all populations are summed up, the total population of the Calakmul Kingdom may have been between 1.5- and 1.75 million people. This appears to be a larger population than the kingdom of Tikal.〔Braswell, G. E., Gunn, J. D., Domínguez Carrasco, M. R., Folan, W. J., Fletcher, L. A., Morales-López, A., & Glascok, M. D. (2004). Defining the terminal classic at Calakmul, Campeche. The terminal Classic in the maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation, 162-194.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First Tikal-Calakmul War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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