Considering they both have the same capital..

Sry if it seems stupid

It's my understanding that the major civilizations native to the New World, including but not limited to the Mayans, Inca, Aztecs and the North American tribes were almost entirely stone age civilizations. That is, agrarian, but pre-metallurgy with the majority of industry using primarily stone and wood. Most notably, I believe the Aztecs made limited use of the wheel and extensive use of obsidian blades, while the construction of the central and south american civilizations was limited to piled stone. Meanwhile, the tribes of modern Canada and the USA used stone arrowheads, stone knives, et cetera.

Is this accurate? If so, why did bronzeworking (and from there, iron and steel) never develop? Did their stoneworking ever advance from stone blocks to concrete-analogues?

I'm also curious about how fashion differed among the lower, middle, and upper classes.

I'd love book recommendations as well, as to do my own research.

Thanks!

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So where do I start? Wikipedia gives a little info but its pretty sparse, especially after the classical era. I want to listen to everything though. From as far back and as thorough as possible.

I know ancient history is a serious pain to work with given the scarcity of sources in some regions and eras, and the abundance but clear bias of sources in others due to their being written by only a few people. When did this cease to be a problem? For example in the modern day we have millions of records about everything and getting a full picture is less of an issue.

I'm having a hard time finding any objective, well-researched sources. Any help would be much appreciated!

First off I recognize my question might be flawed, as there might be recent examples I'm not aware of (and it's also being asked from an American's view), and there might be other subs better suited for this question, but...

I feel like we never see current, new examples of large buildings built in the styles you see in older construction from urban American centers at the turn of the turn of the century like New York City. The ornate details and the beautiful designs, I feel like these styles are more or less extinct today.

Is this purely because of changes in taste? Did modern safety regulations make these building styles too expensive? Did these styles become too expensive because of changes in labor and material costs? Are we just cheap and boring now?

Edit 2: Just realized my phone auto corrected and destroyed my title. Gotta love mobile.

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The accolade ceremony often involves a sword tapping either sword of the person being knighted. Is there any evidence of one of these ceremonies going horribly wrong?

And how would it change depending on her class?

(I realize Europe is very broad, I'm interested in hearing about any specific polity)

And what were the geo-political consequences of the war from an Italian perspective?

So I recently read the Wikipedia articles of what happened in the FRY and Bosnia. Now without understanding to much it seemed to me that what happened was a bombing of two countries just because they were communists.

I wanna know:

1. What were the official reasons given for the bombings?

2. What were the realistic reasons for why the bombings happened?

Thanks in advance.

I recently attended a lecture in which an Italian medievalist claimed that the english nouns "elf" and "goblin" as present in Tolkien come from the medieval guelfs and ghibellines. He said that this was based upon the development of a concept of guelfs as good, pure, and for justice, while ghibellines were the opposite. This claim seems somewhat far-fetched, since these creatures existed in the folklore of non-Italian cultures. Is this a case of English appropriating sounds and concepts from Italy to describe another culture, or just convenient coincidence?

i.e. Would a fast warship be low in the water or high in the water?