People / group
Mam people
The Mam are a Maya people of the western highlands of Guatemala, mainly in Huehuetenango and San Marcos, and of neighbouring Chiapas in Mexico. Before the Spanish conquest their kingdom had its capital at Zaculeu, which fell to Gonzalo de Alvarado in 1525. Their Mam language is spoken by several hundred thousand people today.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mam people. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mam-people
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- “Mam people.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mam-people. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Mam people.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mam-people.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Mam people’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mam-people (Accessed: ).
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