The Austronesian people (kinda) had ocean sailing tech before the foundation of Rome (753 BC), as they settled fiji and Samoa at that time. If i rember correctl

The Austronesian people (kinda) had ocean sailing tech before the foundation of Rome (753 BC), as they settled fiji and Samoa at that time. If i rember correctly they mapped the sea using weaved twigs and stones in correlation to the stars. Easter island is home of an ecological collapse as all trees and most fauna were extinguished resulting in (necessary) cannibalism