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After the fall of post classical civilizations Prince Henry American foods (potatoes, maize, manioc)
Western Europeans finally get their lives Found the Navigat school became staple crops in various parts of
Europe, Asia, and Africa. Cash crops (sugar,
together
Martin Luther tobacco) were grown primarily on plantations
Colonization begins
Founder of Protestantism and Luthernism with coerced labor and were exported mostly to
Europe and the Middle East in this period.
The Colombian Exchange Cervantes
Afro-Eurasian fruit trees, grains, sugar, and
Author of Don Quixote
From the From Eurasia domesticated animals (horses, cattle, pigs)
Americas Newton were brought by Europeans to the Americas,
while other foods were brought by African
Beans Coffee Bean Renaissance figure physicist
slaves (okra, rice)
Tobacco Banana Gutenberg
Populations in Afro-Eurasia benefited
Sweet Potato Sugar cane Inventor of printing press nutritionally from the increased diversity of
Coco Livestock (cattle, sheep, pig, Suleiman American food crops.
etc.) European colonization and the introduction of
Ottoman Sultan
Avocado Small Pox European agriculture and settlements practices
in the Americas often affected the physical
Pumpkin A quick Summary
environment through deforestation and soil
Turkey Wheat
STARTING WITH PRINCE HENRY, depletion.
Potato Rice EUROPEANS ARE GOING TO TRAVEL THE
Corn Barley WORLD AND BE IN EVERYBODY's Empires
BUSINESS.
Land Empires Maritime Empires
The Renaissance THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THEM
Manchu Empire Portuguese Empire
INCREDIBLY WEALTHY AND BUILD THEM
New Changes
HUGE EMPIRES. Mughal Empire Spanish Empire
A rebirth of art, science, literature, and thinking
ALONG WITH THIS, COMES DISEASE, Ottoman Empire Dutch Empire
SLAVERY, and HORRIBLE CONDITIONS Russian Empire British Empire
Coerced Labor FOR NATIVE AMERICANS.
French Empire
Chattel People are claimed as property THERE ARE ALSO HUGE LAND EMPIRES
Slavery FROM THE OTTOMANS AND RUSSIANS
Note Worthy People
OVER TO THE CHINESE.
Indentured Contracts are made
Galileo
Servitude THE COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE IS
ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING Italian scientist
Encomienda Spaniards were granted a
EVER
System number of natives for labor as Peter the Great
long as they were christianized
Tsar of all the Russias
Impacts of Columbian Exchange
Protestants Sikhism
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