Tikal, the largest of the kingdoms, alone had 500, 000 inhabitants, though the average population of a kingdom was much smaller — somewhere under 50, 000 people.

511 — 527 ), 19th dynastic ruler of Tikal ( aka " Curl Head ")

One of the largest of the Classic Maya cities, Tikal had no water other than what was collected from rainwater and stored in ten reservoirs.

One such ruling family to incorporate the jaguar into their name is known as, Jaguar Paw, who ruled the Maya city of Tikal in the fourth century.

Spearthrower Owl was mentioned in later texts ; for example, on a door lintel of Temple One where the Tikal ruler Hasaw Chan K ' awil celebrated the anniversary of Spearthrower Owl by " conjuring the holy one.

One of the most celebrated of Tikal's rulers, Jasaw Chan K ' awiil's reign came at the end of a 130-year long hiatus in Tikal's historical record, and his defeat of the rival Maya city of Calakmul in 695 is seen to represent a resurgence in the strength and influence of Tikal.

This area lies about 55 km east-southeast of Tikal where 13 tektites, two of which were dated as being 820, 000 years old, of unknown origin were found.

Throughout the Classic Period, Calakmul maintained an intense rivalry with the major city of Tikal to the south, and the political manoeuvrings of these two cities have been likened to a struggle between two Maya superpowers.

Tikal is a French hard trance / goa outfit, composed of two brothers, Vincent & Manuel Bernal.

The term acropolis is also used to describe the central complex of overlapping structures, such as plazas and pyramids, in many Maya cities, including Tikal and Copán.

Of these, El Mirador, Tikal, Nakbé, Tintal, Xulnal and Wakná are the largest in the Maya world, Such size was manifested not only in the extent of the site, but also in the volume or monumentality, especially in the construction of immense platforms to support large temples.

** Maya rulers of Tikal, see Tikal

* The Maya state of Caracol defeats Tikal in battle.

* Yik ' in Chan K ' awiil, ruler of the leading Maya city state of Tikal, conquers rival power Calakmul.

It is believed that Teotihuacan had a major influence on the Preclassic and Classic Maya, most likely by conquering several Maya centers and regions, including Tikal and the region of Peten, and influencing Maya culture.

Variants of the generic style are found in a number of Maya region sites, including Tikal, Kaminaljuyu, Copan, Becan, and Oxkintok, and particularly in the Petén Basin and the central Guatemalan highlands.

Maya inscriptions note an individual nicknamed by scholars as " Spearthrower Owl ", apparently ruler of Teotihuacan, who reigned for over 60 years and installed his relatives as rulers of Tikal and Uaxactun in Guatemala.

This form of radial pyramid temple was built by the Maya since the Late Preclassic with examples at many archaeological sites such as Tikal, Copán and Chichen Itza, among others.

Ancestral Maya kings assimilated to the sun deity were sometimes depicted while vertically descending from the zenith ( as on Takalik Abaj stela 2 and Tikal stela 31 ).

Historical examples include the oldest known Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia and Ur, the Phoenician cities of Canaan ( such as Tyre and Sidon ), the Berber city-states of the Garamantes, the city-states of ancient Greece ( the poleis such as Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Corinth ), the Roman Republic which grew from a city-state into a great power, the Maya of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica ( including sites such as Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque and El Mirador ), the central Asian cities along the Silk Road, Venice, Croatian city-state of Ragusa ( Dubrovnik ) and many others.

Tikal ( or Tik ’ al according to the modern Mayan orthography ) is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.

Tikal was the capital of a conquest state that became one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya.

Tikal is the best understood of any of the large lowland Maya cities, with a long dynastic ruler list, the discovery of the tombs of many of the rulers on this list and the investigation of their monuments, temples and palaces.

The name Tikal may be derived from ti ak ' al in the Yucatec Maya language ; it is said to be a relatively modern name meaning " at the waterhole ".

Conspicuous trees at the Tikal park include gigantic kapok ( Ceiba pentandra ) the sacred tree of the Maya ; Tropical cedar ( Cedrela odorata ), and Honduras Mahogany ( Swietenia macrophylla ).

The reliance on seasonal rainfall left Tikal vulnerable to prolonged drought, which is thought by some to have played a role in the Classic Maya Collapse.

Because of the low salt content of the Maya diet, it is estimated that Tikal would have had to import 131 tons of salt each year, based on a conservative population estimate of 45, 000.

Nearby attractions include the ancient Maya ruins of Caracol, Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, El Pilar, Tikal ( Guatemala ).

Today it is one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture, along with those of Chichen Itza and Tikal.

During most of this period, Tikal dominates the Mayan world.

Little is known of the rulers of Copán before the founding of a new dynasty with its origins at Tikal in the early 5th century AD, although the city's origins can be traced back to the Preclassic period.

During the Early Classic period in the Maya world, art and artifacts, as well as hieroglyphics, attest to specific intrusions by and influences from Teotihuacán at great Lowland cities such as Tikal, Piedras Negras, and Copán, although the exact nature of this presence remains controversial.

Yax Nuun Ayiin I was a ruler of the Maya civilization polity of Tikal in the Petén Basin, during the Early Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology in the late 4th century.

The main conflict during this period was between Tikal and Calakmul, who fought a series of wars over the course of more than half a millennium.

The city was an important player in the Classic period political struggles of the southern Maya lowlands, and is known for defeating and subjugating Tikal ( while allied with Calakmul, located in Campeche, Mexico ).

Tikal Jets Airlines has rented its 3 DC9 airplanes to an a South American airline, for a period of three years.

Tikal was one of the largest pre-Columbian Maya civilization cities of the period, located in the Petén basin of the central Maya lowlands region of Mesoamerica.

The closest rival to Angkor, the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, was between in total size.

It was not only the Greeks and Romans that produced graffiti: the Mayan site of Tikal in Guatemala also contains ancient examples.

Northern Guatemala has particularly high densities of Late Pre-classic sites, including Naachtun, Xulnal, El Mirador, Porvenir, Pacaya, La Muralla, Nakbé, El Tintal, Wakná ( formerly Güiro ), Uaxactún, and Tikal.

Some of his best-known titles include El Grande, Tikal, Princes of Florence, and Torres.

* 378 – General Fire is Born conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.

It is the second game in the Mask Trilogy, following Tikal and followed by Mexica.

Located south-south-east of Calakmul, and north of Tikal, it is believed to have had strategic importance to, and been vulnerable to military attacks by, both neighbours.

* The Temple of the Jaguar Priest is constructed in Tikal National Park, Guatemala.

* Stela 11, the last monument ever erected at Tikal, was dedicated by Jasaw Chan K ' awiil II.

* September 13 – Yax Nuun Ayiin ( I ) becomes ruler of Tikal.

The Tikal was the first art cater shop in Grenada and it was opened in December 1959.

Image: 5287_aquaimages. jpg | White-nosed coati at Tikal, Guatemala

* Guatemala – Temple I of Tikal, St. Clara's Arch in Antigua Guatemala, Lake Atitlan

Analyses have traced the development into local variants of the talud-tablero style at sites such as Tikal, where its use precedes the 5th-century appearance of iconographic motifs shared with Teotihuacan.

The greater Copán area consisting of the populated areas of the valley covered about a quarter of the size of the city of Tikal.