Before that Greece, before that Persia, before that Assyria, before that Babylonia, before that Egypt, before that Sumeria… Sometime before that Cro Magnon Man. The list gets bigger; The Mongols, Timurids and other turkic groups like the Mughals, the Han…
Even specific to the British Isles (the Angles, Saxons and Jutes; then the Vikings; then the Normans (French descendants of Vikings).
In other words all roads don’t lead to Rome, it’s just a thing that humans do.
Edit: Clarity, Grammar, More Pedantry
I already do. I fly an American flag and have a black power fist sign hanging in my window. I also have a don’t tread on me flag on the wall in my office. I took the latter down because I didn’t want to mislead people into thinking I have opinions I don’t, but maybe I will put it back up.