Empires or Kingdoms that are just plain neat

The nuragic are pretty neat-o I guess

The Khwarizmian Dynasty. They were descended from a slave who was made a commander, and ruled almost all of Iran and Central Asia only 150 years later. However, they're only known for having an idiot vizier who pissed off the entire Mongol army and got them erased from history.

I like the Mound Builders. Not necessarily a kingdom per se, but you've probably heard about the Cahokia mounds.

At its peak, it had about 100,000 people living in about a 6.5 square mile area. They've found things like a sacrificial grave of 300 women. Things like what appears to be a 45 year old ruler buried with like 30,000 shell beads. At least 4 sun calendars.

The real weird thing about it is that this place would have most certainly been the biggest indian city probably in all of America, and yet not a single nearby tribe has a story or oral tradition about it. No one remembers it/they specifically choose not to remember it on purpose, indicating something pretty terrible happened to it.

>>2946251
Got any neat history on them? Or any recommended books, vids, or anything. I've never even heard of the Nuragic.

>>2946354
How do they know that no one remembers it because they chose not to remember it? Couldn't that be a myth generated by the nearby tribes as well? They simply forgot and they used "we purposely forgot" as an excuse?

Also which area of the Americas are they located in?

>>2946354
Just checked into this, A+ on pointing them out, i've been really interested in Native America, pre-columbus, and this shit is neat, Thank you