[PAR] [TLE] Maya script [SEP] Mayan script, also known as Mayan glyphs or Mayan hieroglyphs, was the writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered.  The earliest inscriptions found which are identifiably Maya date to the 3rd century BCE in San Bartolo, Guatemala.  Maya writing was in continuous use throughout Mesoamerica until the Spanish conquest of the Maya in the 16th and 17th centuries. [PAR] [TLE] K'ak'upakal [SEP] K'ak'upakal, or possibly K'ak'upakal K'awiil (fl.  c. 869–890) was a ruler or high-ranking officeholder at the pre-Columbian Maya site of Chichen Itza, during the latter half of the 9th century CE.  The name of this ruler, alternatively written K'ahk'upakal, K'ak' Upakal or K'ak'-u-pakal, is the most widely mentioned personal name in the surviving Maya inscriptions at Chichen Itza, and also appears on monumental inscriptions at other Yucatán Peninsula sites such as Uxmal.  This 9th-century personage may also be the same individual with this name mentioned in some later ethnohistorical sources, such as the books of Chilam Balam.
[PAR] [TLE] Maya script [ SEP ] Mayan script , also known as Mayan glyphs or Mayan hieroglyphs , was the writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered . The earliest inscriptions found which are identifiably Maya date to the 3rd century BCE in San Bartolo , Guatemala . Maya writing was in continuous use throughout Mesoamerica until the Spanish conquest of the Maya in the 16th and 17th centuries . [PAR] [TLE] K'ak'upakal [ SEP ] K'ak'upakal , or possibly K'ak'upakal K'awiil ( fl . c. 869–890 ) was a ruler or high - ranking officeholder at the pre - Columbian Maya site of Chichen Itza , during the latter half of the 9th century CE . The name of this ruler , alternatively written K'ahk'upakal , K'ak ' Upakal or K'ak'-u - pakal , is the most widely mentioned personal name in the surviving Maya inscriptions at Chichen Itza , and also appears on monumental inscriptions at other Yucatán Peninsula sites such as Uxmal . This 9th - century personage may also be the same individual with this name mentioned in some later ethnohistorical sources , such as the books of Chilam Balam .
What area of the world was K'ak'upakal from?
What area of the world was K'ak'upakal from ?
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica