What if the Americas were actually the "Old World"?

Hey y'all, I'm somewhat of a veteran here but I don't post often. Recently I was walking around my college campus and pondered the idea of... What if the Americans (North, South, and Central) were actually the "Old World"? This idea got more crazy the longer I pondered it and I wanted to share. <br><br>In this world, the Americas never suffered the collapse of indigenous populations nor were settled by colonialists from across the ocean. The Americas have been settled for at least as long as Asia has, possibly longer. As such the empires on the American continents have had ample time to develop complex societies, governments, and technologies. They were the ones who go out and explore, colonize, and conquer the "Old World" leaving behind their own legacies in the process.<br><br>The American Indians were the ones to have left behind a "Roman Empire" in the past, with roads stretching from New York to Lima or Mexico City to Santiago, Chile. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers were the equivalent of the Nile or Tigris, with their mouths being the equivalent of the ancient "Fertile Crescent". This empire had been succeeded by numerous other kingdoms and empires rising and falling over time. Eventually, they too collapsed but their legacies lived on.<br><br>One of the biggest legacies left behind was the written language(s) they used. It might resemble a mix of standard English and other indigenous languages coming together to form a pidgin tongue, similar to how Latin influenced the Romance languages. Similar to how the British ran roughshod over other cultures, imposing their own language, the "Americans" did the same to the inhabitants of the "Old World".<br><br>This could have been the first form of globalization, with the Americas at the center of it all. The colonies and other territories that the Americans had established across the Old World would have all shared some common cultural and political bonds with the ruling power in the Americas. <br><br>The colonial powers in the Americas were not tyrannical and oppressive, they did not commit or condone the wholesale slaughter of indigenous peoples. They instead chose to assimilate the "natives" into their own societies, absorbing them into their cultures. The ruling powers took over the governments and institutions but chose to work with the native populations. With that, they brought their own cultures to the forefront of the Old World, mixing their own customs and traditions with those of the "natives". <br><br>The "natives" however, were not the typical image of indigenous peoples that we think of today. They were more like the equivalent of medieval kingdoms and city-states. By the time the Americans set sail across the Atlantic (or Pacific), the Old World had already been settled and civilizations established for thousands of years.<br><br>The Americans had access to the same level of technology that Europe did during the Age of Exploration. The main difference was that the Americans were more interested in establishing mutually beneficial relations with the "natives" than they were in exploiting these new lands and peoples for their own benefit. <br><br>The societies in the Old World were fairly advanced themselves and would have been ambivalent to the arrival of the Americans. They would have been cautious and wary but not necessarily hostile towards the newcomers. This could have led to some tense relations but ultimately the Americans were able to navigate these complexities and establish themselves as a dominant world power. <br><br>The Americans were not interested in just conquering and colonizing the Old World. They wanted to establish a new world order; a world based on free trade, cultural exchange, science, technology, and progress. They were not interested in exploiting the native populations for personal gain or subjugating them under an American boot. They wanted to uplift the "natives" to their level of development and to work alongside them to create a better future.<br><br>Of course, not everyone in the Americas was of the same opinion. There were plenty of those who wanted to take advantage of the newly discovered lands and peoples and would have likely succumbed to greed and ambition. The American government would have had to walk a fine line in terms of appeasing its own citizens while also maintaining good relations with the native populations. <br><br>The Americans would have also faced opposition from other powers in the Old World, who would have seen this new interloper as a threat to their own dominance. There could have been a New World Order established, with the Americans at the center of it as the primary world power. The Americans might have themselves split into various factions and interest groups, with some advocating for conquest and others for peaceful relations, leading to possible civil wars and power struggles.<br><br>The arrival of the Americans in the Old World could have also led to the sharing of diseases and ideas, with the possibility of disease transmission going in both directions. This would have had significant impacts on both the Old and New Worlds. This could have also led to a massive influx of immigrants arriving in the Americas, coming from the Old World. <br><br>Overall, this is a pretty crazy idea and I'm going to stop here, but I'm interested in your feedback and thoughts on this concept. What are you're reactions, opinions, and questions about this idea?