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| Preface: Discovering the Maya Past | 6-7 |
| Introduction: | 8-23 |
| Maya History — The Major Periods | 8-9 |
| Map | 10 |
| Maya Writing and Calendars | 11-13 |
| The Royal Culture of the Maya | 14-16 |
| Classic Maya Politics | 17-21 |
| Comparative Timelines | 22-23 |
| Tikal | 24-53 |
| The great crucible of Maya civilization, | |
| Tikal's immense ruins reflect an 800-year dynastic history | |
| that ran the gamut from regional ascendancy to abject defeat | |
| Dos Pilas | 54-67 |
| Founded by the Tikal exile B'alaj Chan K'awiil, | |
| the Dos Pilas kingdom took the name of its mother city Tikal | |
| and fought a relentless series of wars against it | |
| Naranjo | 68-83 |
| A kingdom rarely free from foreign attack, | |
| Naranjo enjoyed its greatest success under the | |
| `warrior queen' Lady Six Sky and her | |
| five-year old son K'ak' Tiliw Chan Chaak | |
| Caracol | 84-99 |
| Playing a significant part in the military and diplomatic | |
| exchanges of the 6th century AD, the Caracol dynasty | |
| controlled a densely settled region | |
| Calakmul | 100-115 |
| Enjoying a `golden age' of over 130 years, | |
| the kingdom of the `snake' eclipsed its arch-rival Tikal | |
| to create the most important political hegemony covering | |
| a great swathe of the Maya realm | |
| Yaxchilan | 116-137 |
| A brief but sparkling florescence during the 8th century | |
| saw Itzamnaaj B'alam II and his son Bird Jaguar IV | |
| reshape the physical profile of their city | |
| Piedras Negras | 138-153 |
| Monuments here provided the clues that unlocked | |
| Maya history,of obscurity and Piedras Negras kings | |
| were the first to emerge from a thousand years | |
| Palenque | 154-175 |
| Home to the spectacular tomb of janaab' Pakal, | |
| Palenque combines artistic splendour with | |
| recurring dynastic failure | |
| Tonina | 176-189 |
| The images of bound captives that dominate | |
| Tonina's hillside capital are testament to the militaristic | |
| ambitions of warrior kings such as B'aaknal Chaak | |
| Copan | 190-213 |
| Remarkable discoveries in recent years have contributed | |
| to a new historical understanding of this artistic innovator | |
| at the edge of the Maya world | |
| Quirigua | 214-225 |
| In a story of rebellion and transformation, | |
| Quirigua freed itself from domination by neighbouring | |
| Copan and went on to create monumental art | |
| of unprecedented scale | |
| Epilogue: Fall of the Divine Kings | 226-230 |
| Notes and Bibliography | 231-236 |
| Acknowledgments and Illustration Credits | 237 |
| Index | 237-240 |
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