Draft:Realm of Zaachila

The Zaachila Realm, so called Teotzapotlan in nahuatl, was a zapotec state of the Monte Albán V period, created in the XIV century and that ended as an independient state in 1523 with the Spanish Conquest of Mexico.

Zaachila dynasty, the last ruling dynasty, has Zaachila I, who died in 1415 as first coquitao ("king" in zapotec), was succeeded by Za´achila II (1422-1454), Za´achila III, also known as Cosiiopii the conqueror, who died in 1487, Cosiihuesa (1487-1504) who dealed with the expansionism of the Mexica Empire. Cosijopii I and Pinopiaa were the last rulers.

In the reing of Cossiopii I Zaachila was extended tothe Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and Guiengola became the new capital city. With this expansion, the huave people were relegated to the coastal lines and the zapotec people reached the access to the salt flats of the isthmus, which was a valuable resource, as well as taked control of the commercial route between the Valley of Anáhuac and the Soconusco.

Cosiiopii II ascended tothe trone when he was 16 years old, with his brother Pinopiaa who died before 1523. Within the spanish colonization of the Americas, in 1523, Cosiicopii offered his vassalage to the emperor Charles V. During the spanish domain Guiengola was abandoned and its power and influence were translated to the Villa of Tehuantepec.