"but it does show in the very least a deep cultural contact between disparate kingdoms in the pre-China age." Cultural contact - yes, deep - not so convinced.

"but it does show in the very least a deep cultural contact between disparate kingdoms in the pre-China age." Cultural contact - yes, deep - not so convinced. If the said territories would indeed have been in a deep cultural tie they wouldn't had to be united by war. Look at the Romanian unifications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Principalities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Principalities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Transylvania_with_Romania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Transylvania_with_Rom...