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    The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture...
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  • The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 is a 1972 book on the Columbian exchange by Alfred W. Crosby. Various academic authorities...
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    A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some...
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    region and introduced crops and livestock from Europe. Though the Columbian Exchange introduced many new animals and plants to the Americas, Indigenous...
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    Spanish introduced to the Chiloé Archipelago in the 16th century Columbian Exchange, pigs were the most successful in adapting to local conditions. The...
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    World and New World that followed his first voyage are known as the Columbian exchange. These events and the effects which persist to the present are often...
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    Al-Andalus. After the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Columbian exchange brought New World crops such as maize, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes...
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    Shakshouka (category Transatlantic cultural exchange)
    tomatoes were introduced to the region by Hernán Cortés as part of the Columbian exchange. Shakshouka is a popular dish throughout the Middle East and North...
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  • Plant breeding started with sedentary agriculture, particularly the domestication of the first agricultural plants, a practice which is estimated to date...
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    to the importation of chili peppers into Maghrebian cuisine by the Columbian exchange, presumably during the Spanish occupation of Ottoman Tunisia between...
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  • comedy Cultural exchange Student exchange program Columbian exchange The Exchange (disambiguation) Exchange Building (disambiguation) Exchange Hotel (disambiguation)...
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    In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization...
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    pigs were being raised on farms. Major changes took place in the Columbian exchange, when Old World livestock were brought to the New World, and then...
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    which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, see New...
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    archaeological evidence of their presence in any given period. After the Columbian Exchange, new vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, and beans rose in popularity...
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  • University of Helsinki. He was the author of books including The Columbian Exchange (1972) and Ecological Imperialism (1986). In these works, he provided...
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    work The Plum in the Golden Vase mentions baozi (steam bun). The Columbian Exchange, which began in 1492, had a profound influence on the baking occupation...
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    It is one of several foods introduced to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. At that time, the plant spread to other parts of the Americas, ultimately...
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    residential school system Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery Columbian Exchange Early impact of Mesoamerican goods in Iberian society Jesuit missions...
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    was this domesticated turkey that later reached Eurasia, during the Columbian exchange. In English, the name "turkey" probably comes from birds being brought...
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    Maize (category Pre-Columbian Native American cuisine)
    many colors. Maize relies on humans for its propagation. Since the Columbian exchange, it has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the...
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    Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories are speculative theories which propose that possible visits to the Americas, possible interactions with the...
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  • Americas Portal:Indigenous peoples of the Americas Portal:Mesoamerica Columbian Exchange Mesoamerican Writing Systems Native American Cuisine Native American...
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    Mann first published in 2011. It covers the global effects of the Columbian Exchange, following Columbus's first landing in the Americas, that led to our...
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    plant to Europe, in a widespread transfer of plants known as the Columbian exchange. From there, the tomato was introduced to other parts of the European-colonized...
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    peppers back to the Old World in the late 16th century as part of the Columbian Exchange, which led to many cultivars spreading around the world and finding...
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    widespread introduction and propagation throughout the Americas during the Columbian Exchange and colonisation. As a result, apple desserts, including cakes, have...
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    Native American cultures through what is known as the Columbian exchange. Also known as the Columbian interchange, this was the spread transfer of plants...
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    from Asia in the Middle Ages, to New World beans and potatoes in the Columbian exchange after 1492, and spicy curry sauces from India in the 18th and 19th...
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    rice, cotton and fruit trees (such as the orange). After 1492, the Columbian exchange brought New World crops such as maize, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes...
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