FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Trade routes were created across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Trade routes between Africa and Asia ended.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: Trade routes were created across the Atlantic Ocean. Traderoutes between Europe and Asia were closed. Traderoutes were created across the Pacific Ocean to Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wallerstein contends that trading with commodities was of crucial significance and lead to the integration of Europe from the end of the fifteenth and throughout the sixteenth century, and then was associated with a strengthening of state powers in the core area.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did European trade routes in the Eastern Hemisphere change after the 16th century? They stopped being central and started to find new routes such as around Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -The trade routes served principally to transfer raw materials, foodstuffs, and luxury goods from areas with surpluses to others where they were in short supply.
Detailed explanation-5: -Starting in the fifteenth century, Europeans developed new trade routes [answer]. Europeans developed these trade routes to acquire scarce and highly profitable luxury goods from Asia, such as spices [cite]. The Portuguese king, Henry the Navigator, wanted these spices [explain].