Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Qʼumarkaj yaiva rimwe remaguta evanhu vechiMaya aiva nesimba zvikuru pakasvika vanhu vokuSpain munharaunda yacho pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi16. Raiva guta guru reKʼicheʼ Maya munguva yeLate Postclassic Period. Panguva yokukunda kweSpain
, Q'umarkaj raive guta guru idzva, rine guta guru rehumambo hweK'iche 'rakatanga riri paJakawitz (inozivikanwa nenzvimbo yekuchera matongo Chitinamit) uyezve kuPismachi '. Q'umarkaj yakavambwa panguva yekutonga kwamambo Q'uq'umatz ("Nyoka ine Mbiru" muK'icheʼ) mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi15, kuchamhembe kwePismachiʼ. Muna 1470 guta racho rakaderedzwa zvikuru nokupandukira pakati pevakuru vakuru kwakaguma nokurasikirwa nevatsigiri vanokosha veKʼicheʼ.