[Cronos]

In Xu's view, the first complex culture in Mesoamerica may have come into existence with the help of a group of Chinese who fled across the seas as refugees at the end of the Shang dynasty. The Olmec civilization arose around 1200 BC, which coincides with the time when King Wu of Zhou attacked and defeated King Zhou, the last Shang ruler, bringing his dynasty to a close.

They really want to prove that they started everything, don't they? Well, actually they didn't. They were responsible for quite a few things, I'll give them, but their bluff in others, makes one doubt everything (an example, martial arts actually developed in Southern India and were taken by Buddhist missionaries from King Asoka into China)

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Some years ago I went to the Epcot Center in Orlando, FL to an exhibit on Mexico. There was a pottery cup with a painted figure that looked very much like Japanese/Chinese art. I was surprised. I have spent time in Mexico and had not seen anything that looked like that while I was there. When I took "History and Appreciation of Art" in college I definitely saw figures like that when we covered the Orient.