Regional1441 – 1461 · 20 years

Cocom-Xiu rivalry (Maya)

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
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Mayapan · Yucatan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

The internal revolt and dynastic warfare between the ruling Cocom and the Xiu lineages led to the sack and abandonment of Mayapan around 1441-1461, fragmenting northern Yucatan into rival Maya city-states that the Spanish later exploited.

Belligerents2

Cocom dynasty
Xiu dynasty

Sources

Wikipedia: Mayapan
Restall, Maya Conquistador
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Cocom-Xiu rivalry (Maya) (1441 – 1461). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/cocom-xiu-rivalry-maya · Sources & methodology