Is this true, and if so, could it simply be a coincidence?

Mesopotamian locality name: Chol
Central American Locality name: Chol-ula

Mesopotamian locality name: Colua
Central American locality name: Colua-can

Mes. loc: Zuivana
Cen. Am.: Zuivan

Mes. loc: Cholima
Cen. Am: Colima

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You all are going to think I've fallen off the deep end, but I'm currently reading a book that I thought was about Freemasonry, but is actually about aliens having begun human civilization. Now, I half think this is hilarious, but I can't help wondering about some of the more unbelievable "facts" presented at the end of the book. So I'm going to post several questions based on "facts" presented in the book. Please feel free to give evidence or alternate explanations against these facts, because I really don't want to become a nut who thinks aliens kept humans as slaves, genetically modified us, and mined our planet millions of years ago.

I have seen a number of shows and read some stuff on this topic. However, it wasn't associated with aliens, but rather Atlantis.

The basic idea is that there was an Atlantis, and when it was destroyed the inhabitants all escaped on boats--some went to the Mediterranean or something, some went to South America.

Some of the similarities sound kind of like coincidences, though it is strange that these things, like pyramids, were started in these two very different places that are assumed to have had no contact at right about the same time. I mean, what are the chances of two civilizations that have no contact just HAPPEN to develop the exact same idea at the exact same time? And they did mention the place names. Also, similar religions and even pictoglyphs that were almost identical.

No one knows for sure why or how this happened. I guess aliens are as good a theory as Atlantis.