Yax Nuun Ayiin II
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Yax Nuun Ayiin II was a ruler of the Maya civilization
polity of Tikal
in the Petén Basin
region, during the Late Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology
. He acceded to the rulership in 768, and ruled for at least twenty-six years to ca. 794. In the inscriptions he is styled as the 29th ruler of the dynastic succession, counted from the dynastic founder.
Maya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
polity of Tikal
Tikal
Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala...
in the Petén Basin
Petén Basin
The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of Mesoamerica, located in the northern portion of the modern-day nation of Guatemala, and essentially contained within the department of El Petén...
region, during the Late Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology
Mesoamerican chronology
Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian , the Archaic , the Preclassic , the Classic , and the Postclassic...
. He acceded to the rulership in 768, and ruled for at least twenty-six years to ca. 794. In the inscriptions he is styled as the 29th ruler of the dynastic succession, counted from the dynastic founder.