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by geraldwhen 1162 days ago
You’re arguing that in one particular area, metallurgy, the Americas were ahead of Europe.

But that’s not what we’re comparing. We’re comparing the technological state of Europe and Asia to the Americas when the Americas were introduced to the world permanently in the 1500s. Not all Native American tribes were farmers. Speaking as the group as a whole is silly except to state that no tribe was nearly as advanced as the powers in Europe and Asia.