W. in The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (Greenwood, Westport, Connecticut, 1972). 13. Hopkins, D. in Princes and Peasants. Smallpox in History Ch. 6, 204–233 (Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago, 1983). 14. MacArthur, N. Island Populations of the Pacific (...
Lewis and Maslin (2015,2018) identified four major transitions related to (a) energy use and its environmental impacts on the Earth System; (b) the gradual start of colonialism since Columbus reached the Americas in 1492, which resulted in a “Columbian Exchange” of species (animals and plant...
For instance, I showed them the special focus issues of journals that I have spearheaded related to ethics, and then summarized findings of my study on Ethics & Responsibility in Civil Engineering, published in AJEE. Then I showed slides to illustrate how I am integrating ethics into the ...
For instance, I showed them the special focus issues of journals that I have spearheaded related to ethics, and then summarized findings of my study on Ethics & Responsibility in Civil Engineering, published in AJEE. Then I showed slides to illustrate how I am integrating ethics into the ...
European ships brought settlers, cultures, technology, diseases, plants, and animals to the new world and returned precious metals, goods, and commodities to the old; this process is popularly referred to as the Columbian exchange (Crosby 2003). These events marked the beginning of the colonial ...
planets don’t sound like much, but the areas are so detailed and intricate that I never got bored of them. Some of the animals you encounter are pervasive throughout Halcyon, but I’m willing to chalk that up to some sort of Columbian Exchange style space trading. Overall each locale ...
Erasmus' emphasis on peacemaking reflects a typical pre-occupation of medieval lay spirituality as historian John Bossy (as summarized by Eamon Duffy) puts it: "medieval Christianity had been fundamentally concerned with the creation and maintenance of peace in a violent world. "Christianity" in medi...
Subsequently, a pattern diagram displaying the dispersal route of Tartary buckwheat was summarized (Fig.2g). About 3,300 years ago, possibly with the migration of the Yi people, Tartary buckwheat spread from the Himalayas to southwestern China. Around 3,000 years ago, Tartary buckwheat spread to...
[42] pub- lished a cookbook documenting the types of tradi- tional soups made with maize dough called atápakua; Méndez and Martínez [70] summarized a cookbook of animals from the lake area, in which documented the ways the local wild fauna was prepared specifically by the P'urhépecha...
(1972) Columbian Exchange. I conclude by identifying some of the ways in which the Canaries may bring new perspectives into archaeological studies of islands as well as possible issues for future research. Note that all the radiocarbon dates cited are calibrated using the most up-to-date ...