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Te' K'ab Chaak

4th century · 4th century

Te' K'ab Chaak was the founder of the royal dynasty of Caracol, a Classic Maya city in modern Belize. Later inscriptions record that he took the throne in 331 CE, and subsequent kings counted their descent from him. He is known only from these retrospective texts.

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Caracol

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Te' K'ab Chaak. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/te-kab-chaak
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“Te' K'ab Chaak.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/te-kab-chaak. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Te' K'ab Chaak.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/te-kab-chaak.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Te' K'ab Chaak’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/te-kab-chaak (Accessed: ).

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