The Maya king Pakal took the throne at 12 and ruled for 68 years, from 615 to 683.

615 · 683 · apart: 68 years

For over a thousand years no ruler anywhere reigned longer.

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• Pakal the Great becomes ruler of Palenque615 · Lakamha (Palenque). Twelve-year-old Pakal took the throne of the Maya kingdom centred on Palenque and ruled for 68 years. The city flourished as one of the jewels of the Maya world, and his tomb in the Temple of the Inscriptions is a landmark find of American archaeology.

7th century

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