FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Economic opportunities led to a massive migration to the cities
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New foods led to better health and nutrition
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Reduced population and frequent warfare destroyed communities .
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Increased trade raised the standard of living for most Africans
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Detailed explanation-1: -The effect of slavery in Africa Other states were completely destroyed and their populations decimated as they were absorbed by rivals. Millions of Africans were forcibly removed from their homes, and towns and villages were depopulated. Many Africans were killed in slaving wars or remained enslaved in Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -In total, close to 20 million slaves were taken from the continent (Nunn 2008). According to the best estimates, by 1800 Africa’s population was half of what it would have been, had the slave trades not occurred (Manning 1990). Slaves were captured through kidnappings, raids, and warfare.
Detailed explanation-3: -This had particularly detrimental conse-quences, including social and ethnic fragmentation, political in-stability and a weakening of states, and the corruption of judicial institutions. The most common manner in which slaves were taken was through villages or states raiding one another (Northrup 1978; Lovejoy 1994).