Apoxpalon also known of as Paxbolonacha, was a

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merchant from the

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who was elected as a regional ruler of Itzamkanac, the capital in the Acalan. His election demonstrates the

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system of raising established veterans of the

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to high office and he was on the throne in 1525 CE.

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