FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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the new world
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the lost world
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the old world
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the rich world
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Old World-by which we mean not just Europe, but the entire Eastern Hemisphere-gained from the Columbian Exchange in a number of ways. Discov-eries of new supplies of metals are perhaps the best known. But the Old World also gained new staple crops, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, maize, and cassava.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Columbian Exchange, sometimes called the Grand Exchange was the exchange of goods and ideas from Europe, Africa, and Asia and goods and ideas from the Americas. It also spread different diseases. It started in 1492 when Christopher Columbus arrived in the West Indies (North America).