Spanish conquest
... that although a battle near Mérida in 1546 established Spanish control in the north of the Yucatán Peninsula during the Spanish conquest, the last Maya kingdom in the south did not fall until 1697?
... that although a battle near <a href="./Mérida,_Yucatán" id="mwCPs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mérida, Yucatán">Mérida</a> in 1546 established Spanish control in the north of the <a href="./Yucatán_Peninsula" id="mwCPw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán Peninsula</a> during the <b id="mwCP0"><a href="./Spanish_conquest_of_Yucatán" id="mwCP4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spanish conquest of Yucatán">Spanish conquest</a></b>, the last Maya kingdom in the south did not fall until 1697?