Columbian exchange
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The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is named after Christopher Columbus and is related to European colonization and trade following his 1492 voyage.
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See also
- Great American Interchange
- List of food plants native to the Americas
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories
- Global silver trade from the 16th to 19th centuries
- Transformation of culture
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