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What (who) is B'aakal - definition
B'aakal
![[[K'inich Kan B'alam II]], one of the many rulers of Palenque. Detail from the Temple XVII Tablet.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kan balam det.jpg?width=200 "[[K'inich Kan B'alam II]], one of the many rulers of Palenque. Detail from the Temple XVII Tablet.")
![Detail of a [[relief]] at the Palace drawn by [[Ricardo Almendáriz]] during the Del Rio expedition in 1787](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PalenqueAc.jpg?width=200 "Detail of a [[relief]] at the Palace drawn by [[Ricardo Almendáriz]] during the Del Rio expedition in 1787")
![Jade mask of King [[K'inich Janaab Pakal]]. National Museum of Anthropology and History, Mexico City.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palenque - Grabschmuck des Pakal.jpg?width=200 "Jade mask of King [[K'inich Janaab Pakal]]. National Museum of Anthropology and History, Mexico City.")
![The [[Corbel arch]] seen in a hallway at the Palace](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palenque Arch Hall.jpg?width=200 "The [[Corbel arch]] seen in a hallway at the Palace")
![A [[bas-relief]] in the Palenque museum that depicts Upakal K'inich, the son of [[K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palenque Relief.jpg?width=200 "A [[bas-relief]] in the Palenque museum that depicts Upakal K'inich, the son of [[K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III]].")
FORMER CITY STATE IN CENTRAL AMERICA IN PRESENT-DAY SOUTHERN MEXICO
Palenque, Mexico; Pelenque; King of Palenque; Lakamha; Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque; Palenqué; Palanque; Bàakʼ; Palenque National Park; B'aakal
B'akaal (Maya: "place of the bone") was a Mayan province that encompassed part of the present-day states of Chiapas and Tabasco, in Mexico, in the Late Classic Period (600-900 CE), whose most important cities were Lakan Ha (Palenque) and Tortuguero. At some point the province of B'akaal also extended west of Tabasco, encompassing the important Mayan city of Joy Chan (Comalcalco).
Palenque
FORMER CITY STATE IN CENTRAL AMERICA IN PRESENT-DAY SOUTHERN MEXICO
Palenque, Mexico; Pelenque; King of Palenque; Lakamha; Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque; Palenqué; Palanque; Bàakʼ; Palenque National Park; B'aakal
·noun ·pl A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.
