1 févr. 1492 - Beginning of the Columbian Exchange
Description:
The transfer of people, animals, plants, and diseases between the East and West.What the New gave the Old: Potatoes, tomatoes, maize, turkeys, gold, silver, syphilis (supposedly).
What the Old gave the New: Wheat, rice, soybeans, cattle, pigs, horse, African slaves, Smallpox.
Impact: Euro populations increased from crop and animal transfer. Native populations decreased from Smallpox.
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1 févr. 1492
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~ Il y a 534 ans