Between 760 and 780 AD, the Classic Maya kingdoms of the Petén region fell into a cascade of violence and collapse. But one event stands out: the Great Revolt of 761, when a coalition of lesser nobles and commoners rose up against the ruling elite of the Snake Kingdom. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the archaeological and epigraphic evidence for this uprising — the smashed monuments, the abandoned palaces, the sudden disappearance of royal titles. They explore how the revolt may have been triggered by decades of drought, overpopulation, and elite competition, and how it set the stage for the final abandonment of cities like Tikal and Calakmul. Specific figures include the Calakmul king Yuknoom Took' K'awiil, whose stelae were defaced, and the rebel leader known only from a fragmentary glyph at La Corona. Lucas also explains how the revolt spread along the sacbeob trade routes, and what the chultunob' and bajos tell us about the resource scarcity that fueled the anger. No generic collapse narrative — just the gritty, human story of a society tearing itself apart.
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