>>520722269
They did quite well for themselves, ackshually. Especially considering their timeline
>>520722334
Okay, anon, we'll get through this together:
Do you notice how your first map shows the path of travel tightly sticking to the coast line? Did you notice the 20 stops between kikistan and gibraltar? Did you notice how the african route, too, sticks to the coastline?
>muh' indian ocean
Many, many people sailed that coastline in the past. Eventually, they noticed that there's a peninsula in the way, making them head away from the north star, sharply, only to follow it again soon after.
Now, let's tie it all together: Which civilizational centers were in the middle of the atlantic?

>>216159285
Ukrainians (more accurately, central Eurasian nomads) were, IIRC, the only people in human history to invent the wheel. Other than that, the mesoamericans were more advanced, but it's unfair to compare them to non-civilizational cradles