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title: Ball Court, Copan
author: Adalberto Hernandez Vega
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1430/ball-court-copan/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ball Court, Copan
_Authored by Adalberto Hernandez Vega_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1430.jpg)
## Image Caption
The ball court of the Mayan [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of [Copan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Copan/). The game was popular across Mesoamerica and the objective was to put a rubber ball through a hoop placed on the side walls.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Vega, A. H. (2013, September 15). Ball Court, Copan. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Vega, Adalberto Hernandez. "Ball Court, Copan." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 15, 2013. .
### MLA
Vega, Adalberto Hernandez. "Ball Court, Copan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Sep 2013, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cop%C3%A1n_Ballcourt.jpg) by [**Adalberto Hernandez Vega**](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cop%C3%A1n_Ballcourt.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 15 September 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.