The Tarascan/Purépecha Empire: The Forgotten Empire of Mexico

Awsome channel and work, especially since it is made from the heart and a serious and respectful interest. Seirously, big kudos to you. Muchas gracias

I have actually visited the purepecha platform in Michoacan. I never realized or thought about its sheer size since my family was kind of on a rush to visit Janitzio. it’s an impressive monument and I was able to get a good picture of Lake Patzcuaro. Michoacán is a beautiful gem.

My mother comes from the p’urhepecha town of Nurio. It’s very unfortunate that now in modern days the town barely speaks the native language and the parents have done a terrible job because they didn’t teach the language to the new generation. All you see now is crackheads and drunks and boy can they party until their knickers fall off! 😩

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My parents are from a small town in michoacan called tupatarillo. They tell me that in the woods of our town they would dig up dozens of skulls and pots and that the skulls would like disintereste when they touched the air after being burried for so long. They would find obsidian blades aswell. Next time i visit im going digging. Also they say that where gold and silver is burried. Fire comes out of the ground and if you dig it up you die days later they assume from the gases that some how the gold produces? Not really convinced on that but they know people who have dug up the gold and have died .

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It’s actually spelled like this- Puréhpecha

Sorry for my english. Thank you so much for take the time and share us your great investigation. I'm P'urhépecha. I know, is very coplicated to get written information.

Thank you for your great content, for me as a European (even tho this isn’t the topic of this video) I didn’t knew that there was some great cultures and architecture in North America, very interesting!

Please keep making videos. I love learning about Mesoamerica 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Thrilled to see more historians & journalists learning & sharing information about the Purepecha people. It’s wonderful having the opportunity to learn more about the history & culture of this community!

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₺arasca:: ReAlm oF De Buri·Bashas // Bacii {Pasha} Buri ✓

I'm not understanding why "Tarascan" is insulting for them really. Even if it is, how is labeling your tribe as "commoners" less offensive? Imagine if the Italians had a similar history and naming themselves plebeians.

The Azteca were ver wary and somewhat afraid of the Purépecha warriors as they may have been the few tribes that was not conquered by Azteca expansion.

I started watching this, but when I heard some white guy... NOPE! Its Purépecha, with accent on the first e... not on the second one! Next time you want to do something, please use people that can really identify with the culture and the traditions! As a person with Purépecha, this is a blasphemy!

It doesn't mean commoner... But anyways, as soon as I hear a European start to speak I know it's going to be a bunch of lies. Never let the enemy tell your stories.

Chichimeca is a group of tribes and aztecs are also chichimecas, people dont understand that.

Very good job. Thank you for your input .
It's a great honor to know that finally the Purepechas are gaining the respect that they deserve..
Im proud to be from Michoacán and it's a pleasure to hear your publication

Thank you 🙏🏻

The Purépecha Kindom was the only one wich the Aztec Empire couldn't conquered in Mesoamerica... Aztec population was around 20 million people 😮

As the grandchild of a Purepecha born in Cheran, I'm so proud of my history.

Nice video but it would be less annoying if the narrator actually practiced pronouncing Purhépecha before recording. The h is silent and the accented é is there for a reason! Pur-RAY-pay-cha in gringo pronunciation 😂

Thank you for this videos

Long Live The Taracuari people 💯🪶🪶🪶 Tarascan Pure'pecha bloodline from Morelia to Tierra caliente Michoacan Mexico....

My great grand parents are from that area...I'm proud to say my ancestors kicked Aztec rear.

Several people think that because they have family in michuacan or were born there that they are purpeche. Truth is majority migrated to michuacan over time. The tarascans themselves came from south America many many years ago. They do not really teach others the native language they speak. If your from michuacan and are educated you would know these things. By dad had native tarascan friends and they never talked to others about the culture they have. Most of what they do "teach" is nahuatl. I read a comment on here and the language he tried righting down that ment hello how are you or whatever they said is a nahutl dialect. They do not teach outsiders their own language but a nahuatl dialect. My family has bin in michuacan for many years even they migrated there many many years ago.

So on a scale of 1 to 10, how cannibalistic was this tribe compared to every single tribe in the New World, Africa, and the South Pacific, with 1 being that they ate people once a week and 10 being once an hour?

are the people from acambaro gto purepecha?

Wow this was very informative.. Not quite the history I thought happened in Mexico. You have really some homework on this region

We learned world history in elementary then Mexican history in middle school which includes pre and post spanish invasion

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Mi esposo es Purépecha. Es de Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán. Se desapareció hace muchos años. 😢 My husband is, was from Huetamo de Núñez. He has disappeared. He spoke dialect. He was the love of my life. I cried for 3 days after hearing he wasn't to be found. I feel nothing anymore. I had to move on with my life. 😢

It’s amazing how Southeast Asian some of those cities names sounded

Don’t believe a white man they are the wise men. Phoenicians sacrificed children the Greeks

Thank you for the information.

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Who uses exonyms for God sakes, right Germans, Japanese and Spaniards?

Much of the Mexican American population are from the state of Michoacan from the Braceros to the earlier migrations due to violence in the state currently.

Do an episode on the Tecuexes

Tzintzuntzan was a very defendable area

I read the Aztecs let this kingdom live on purpose so they can have a steady source of human cattle for sacrifice. They could have easily launched a full scale campaign and taken all of it if they wanted…from what i read..

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Both the Tlaxcalans and the Tarascans discovered bronze? Did anyone else in Mesoamerica?

Your video are fantastic !
You talk about fortification on the border with the aztec.
Do you have any article or recommandation on thoose fortress ? What they look like and how they where build ?

I've been binging your videos this morning, and I'm very impressed with how much your pronunciation improved over time 😍

FYI do your research better their empire incompased michoacan,Colima western jalisco, Nayarit,Guerrero and Queretaro.

Great vídeo, don’t hate me 🙈 is Axayacatl not Axacayatl I was very confused for a while there..

Bravo bravo buenisimo el video 🎉🎉🎉🎉😊,, aprendi nuevas cosas hoy!!!bravo felicidades hermano buen trabajo!!! Good job man