After 1492, two totally different societies and ecosystems separated by the Atlantic Ocean were linked together forever by Columbus' expedition. The exchange of goods, foods, and even diseases is referred to writ large as the Columbian exchange, one of the most drastic changes in human and ...
Why was the Entente Cordiale formed? Why did the Columbian Exchange begin? Why did the Battle of Hattin happen? Why was the Isenheim Altarpiece commissioned? Why was Theophrastus important? Why were hacienda systems made? Why did the Boshin War start?
“Columbian exchange” to describe the exchange of plants, animals and goods between the East and West that his voyages sparked. Though the effects were widespread and cannot all be dismissed as negative, critics of Columbus have asserted that the worst aspects of this exchange added up to ...
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Efforts to mark the beginning of the Anthropocene have proposed any number of social, historical, or physical markers of the new geophysical age: the Industrial Revolution, the Columbian Exchange, the detonation of the first atomic weapons, or the proliferation of plastics. Other scholars advocate ...
Steve Weberasked Wavy and me if we wanted to go to a party with him. Wavy wasn’t feeling well, so off I went, and (grin) the last thing I remember before the following Monday morning was Steve asking, “Do you do this stuff?”; as he took several doses of a very powerful ...
Theoverharvestingof wildlife, habitat alteration, the introduction of predators into Polynesia, anddiseasesstemming from the Columbian exchange are examples of historical threats to biodiversity.Deforestationandclimate changehave increasingly posed a major threat in recent years, affecting areas such as theCa...
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Why was the Columbian exchange so important? Why did the transatlantic slave trade happen? Why was the policy of detente significant? Why is the Treaty of Tordesillas important to U.S. history? Why was silver important in the Columbian Exchange? Why was Rome important to the Northern Renaissanc...
Why was the triangular trade so profitable? Why did slave codes become more strict over time? What was the purpose of the Atlantic slave trade? Why were Africans imported as slaves in the Columbian Exchange? Why did African slavery emerge in colonial Brazil? Why was the Homestead Strike so...