ITT: Forgotten Empires

>>2757791
Sorry, cant remember any

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Empire of Brasil.

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>>2758800
It had an intellectual king in D. Pedro II. Brazil shouldn't had never stopped being a monarchy. The people didn't even have a choice in the matter.

>A passion for linguistics prompted him throughout his life to study new languages, and he was able to speak and write not only Portuguese but also Latin, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Chinese, Occitan and Tupi

>Subjects which interested Pedro II were wide-ranging, including anthropology, history, geography, geology, medicine, law, religious studies, philosophy, painting, sculpture, theater, music, chemistry, physics, astronomy, poetry and technology, among others.

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Zapotec and other miscellaneous Mesoamerican cultures that weren't Aztec/Maya/Olmec/Inca etc. Also Dacia and other small eastern european empires that were vastly overshadowed by Western/Eastern Rome and other Mediterranean powers.

>>2758834
>A passion for linguistics prompted him throughout his life to study new languages
No wonder, I'd be learning new languages too if I had fucking Portuguese as my first.

>>2758952
>Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes once called Portuguese "the sweet and gracious language"

>>2758961
Ah, Cervantes, always on point with his satire.

>>2758978
How the fuck is this a bad language?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeSBSLmumYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt1jMWVvcqg

Purepecha Empire

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