Polity Cuilapan

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here: All Statistics

Was a Mesoamerican city-state located in Mexico.

Establishment

  • January 901: Cuilapan, originally called Sahayuca, has been a permanent settlement since at least 500 BC. Cuilapan was an independent city-state, equal to a number of other important city states in the area.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Spanish wars of colonization in the Americas

Were a series of expeditions and military campaigns by Spanish conquistadores and discoverers to conquer territories in central and southern America.

1.1. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

Was a military campaign waged by Spanish conquistarod Hernán Cortés along with indigenous allies to conquer the Aztec Empire.

  • January 1522: At the time of the Spanish conquest, Cuilapan was a large multi-ethnic population center of 43,000 people and one of the centers of the political, economic and cultural life of the central valleys of Oaxaca.

Disestablishment

  • January 1522: At the time of the Spanish conquest, Cuilapan was a large multi-ethnic population center of 43,000 people and one of the centers of the political, economic and cultural life of the central valleys of Oaxaca.