FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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They met in Columbia to trade
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This exchange was started by Columbus’ voyages
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Columbia was the name of the sea they met to trade
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Most of the things traded came from Columbia
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is named after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and is related to the European colonization and global trade following his 1492 voyage. Some of the exchanges were purposeful; some were accidental or unintended.
Detailed explanation-2: -The historian Alfred Crosby first used the term “Columbian Exchange” in the 1970s to describe the massive interchange of people, animals, plants and diseases that took place between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres after Columbus’ arrival in the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The travel between the Old and the New World was a huge environmental turning point, called the Columbian Exchange. It was important because it resulted in the mixing of people, deadly diseases that devastated the Native American population, crops, animals, goods, and trade flows.