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what was The Columbian Exchange and how change the Europe and america?

in your opinion how do changes created by the Exchange still affect the world today?

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Introduction

Columbian Exchange is one of the prime method of exchange and it is used from traditional history of barter system of economics

The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable disease, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492

Meaning / Definition

The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries

History

Pioneer : When Christopher Columbus set sail to the Americas in 1493 on his second voyage he brought with him many seeds, plants and livestock

The Columbian Exchange caused population growth in Europe by bringing new crops from the Americas and started Europe's economic shift towards capitalism. Colonization disrupted ecosytems, bringing in new organisms like pigs, while completely eliminating others like beavers

By far the most dramatic and devastating impact of the Columbian Exchange followed the introduction of new diseases into the Americas. ... Soon after 1492, sailors inadvertently introduced these diseases — including smallpox, measles, mumps, whooping cough, influenza, chicken pox, and typhus — to the Americas.

Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World. The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic is known as the Columbian Exchange.

Impact :(Affect the world today) The impact was most severe in the Caribbean, where by 1600 Native American populations on most islands had plummeted by more than 99 percent. Across the Americas, populations fell by 50 percent to 95 percent by 1650. The disease component of the Columbian Exchange was decidedly one-sided.

The Columbian Exchange happened because Christopher Columbus "discovered" the New World and other Europeans subsequently followed in his path. So, the Columbian Exchange happened because, after Columbus's voyages, two "worlds" that had previously been separate came into contact with one another.

One positive impact of the Columbian Exchange to the New World was the fact that domesticated animals such as cats, camels, chicken, cows, horses, rabbits and sheep came from the Old World to the New World (Ganong 1). This gave an opportunity to Native Americans to adopt a nomadic lifestyle

Foods and Commodities : Columbian Exchange

From the Americas to Europe
Avocados	Beans (kidney, navy, lima)	Bell peppers
Cacao (for chocolate)	Chili peppers	Corn
Marigolds	Papayas	Peanuts
Pineapples	Poinsettias	Potatoes

The list of infectious diseases that spread from the Old World to the New is long; the major killers include smallpox, measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, bubonic plague, typhus, and malaria

Benefits

Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. .Advancements in agricultural production, evolution of warfare, increased mortality rates and education are a few examples of the effect of the Columbian Exchange on both Europeans and Native Americans

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