provide the following please
The black ships were given this name because the vessels were black as they were older and black smoke would rise from the coal-fired steam engines of the American ships.
Answer:
of or relating to a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles and characterized in its development after 1000 by the use of the round arch and vault, substitution of piers for columns, decorative use of arcades, and profuse ornament.