Maybe he was referring to this period: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Colombia#Pre-Colombian_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Colombia

Maybe he was referring to this period: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Colombia#Pre-Colombian_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Colombia#Pre-Colomb... It could make sense in the context of the area of Colombia being a crossroad territory similar to the Middle East, plus the timelines match...