Kaanul dynasty
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The Kaanul dynasty was a powerful ancient Maya royal lineage, often associated with the Snake emblem, that dominated large parts of the Maya lowlands during the Classic period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kaanul dynasty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10534800 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaanul dynasty Context triple: [Snake dynasty, hasAlternativeName, Kaanul dynasty]
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Tulunid dynasty
The Tulunid dynasty was a semi-autonomous Muslim ruling house of Turkic origin that governed Egypt and parts of Syria in the late 9th and early 10th centuries under nominal Abbasid suzerainty.
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B.
Nidau dynasty
The Nidau dynasty was a medieval noble family that ruled the region around Nidau in present-day Switzerland and played a role in the politics of the western Swiss Plateau.
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C.
Kuru dynasty
The Kuru dynasty is an ancient royal lineage of northern India, traditionally regarded as the central ruling house in the epic narrative of the Mahabharata.
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D.
Mermnad dynasty
The Mermnad dynasty was an ancient royal house that ruled Lydia in western Anatolia, most famously under King Croesus, until its conquest by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Cometopuli dynasty
The Cometopuli dynasty was a medieval Bulgarian royal house that ruled the First Bulgarian Empire during its final decades, most notably under Tsar Samuel, and led resistance against Byzantine expansion in the Balkans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaanul dynasty Target entity description: The Kaanul dynasty was a powerful ancient Maya royal lineage, often associated with the Snake emblem, that dominated large parts of the Maya lowlands during the Classic period.
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A.
Tulunid dynasty
The Tulunid dynasty was a semi-autonomous Muslim ruling house of Turkic origin that governed Egypt and parts of Syria in the late 9th and early 10th centuries under nominal Abbasid suzerainty.
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B.
Nidau dynasty
The Nidau dynasty was a medieval noble family that ruled the region around Nidau in present-day Switzerland and played a role in the politics of the western Swiss Plateau.
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C.
Kuru dynasty
The Kuru dynasty is an ancient royal lineage of northern India, traditionally regarded as the central ruling house in the epic narrative of the Mahabharata.
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D.
Mermnad dynasty
The Mermnad dynasty was an ancient royal house that ruled Lydia in western Anatolia, most famously under King Croesus, until its conquest by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Cometopuli dynasty
The Cometopuli dynasty was a medieval Bulgarian royal house that ruled the First Bulgarian Empire during its final decades, most notably under Tsar Samuel, and led resistance against Byzantine expansion in the Balkans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya royal dynasty
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ruling lineage ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
inscriptions at Calakmul
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inscriptions at Dzibanche ⓘ inscriptions at La Corona ⓘ inscriptions at Naranjo ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Calakmul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cancuen NERFINISHED ⓘ Caracol NERFINISHED ⓘ Dos Pilas NERFINISHED ⓘ Dzibanche NERFINISHED ⓘ El Peru-Waka' NERFINISHED ⓘ La Corona NERFINISHED ⓘ Naranjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | Late Classic period ⓘ |
| engagedIn | Tikal–Calakmul rivalry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kaan dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Calakmul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dzibanche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulture | Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEmblemGlyph | Snake emblem ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Classic Maya language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRuler |
Scroll Serpent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sky Witness NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuknoom Ch'een II NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuknoom Took' K'awiil NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Maya script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | political landscape of the Classic Maya Lowlands ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive alliance network
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hegemonic control over large parts of the central Maya lowlands ⓘ military campaigns against rival Maya polities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maya Lowlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Petén region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | monarchy ⓘ |
| practiced |
Maya ritual warfare
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dynastic ancestor veneration ⓘ |
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| rivalOf | Tikal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | Early Classic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classic period of Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTitle | k'uhul kaanul ajaw ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kaanul dynasty Description of subject: The Kaanul dynasty was a powerful ancient Maya royal lineage, often associated with the Snake emblem, that dominated large parts of the Maya lowlands during the Classic period.
Referenced by (1)
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