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Guiengola

Guiengola is a fortified Zapotec hilltop site near Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico, with temples, palaces, a ball court and long defensive walls. In the late 1490s the Zapotec king Cocijoeza withstood a long siege there by the armies of the Aztec ruler Ahuitzotl. The war ended in a negotiated peace, traditionally sealed by Cocijoeza's marriage to an Aztec princess.

Guiengola
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Zapotec Kingdom of Tehuantepec

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Guiengola. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/guiengola
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