Polynesians sailed to South America and back hundreds of years before the Europeans crossed the Atlantic. They traded, intermarried, and left without genocide or colonization.

https://www.science.org/content/article/polynesians-steering-stars-met-native-americans-long-europeans-arrived

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*chanting* MORE FUN FACTS MORE FUN FACTS *chanting*....seriously

Not quite accurate I’m have NGA Tahu heritage Tewaipounamu Aotearoa..sth island Nz… we had fierce inter tribal rivalries we took slaves and we were had cannibalism can’t be to romantic about facts.. also my degree is in Aspects of the History of Aotearoa one of the lecturers was NZ famous Tepine O’Regan who emphasised all humans have these human traits of conquest assimilation power greed corruption it’s a human condition no one is more exceptional than another we need to all grapple with the dark forces inherent in humanity

take a look at Humankind by Rutger Bregman :D you might find it interesting

Built different

they didn't have capitalism

Maybe that's something middle-age christian... Hack and slay people until they believe...