How potatoes took over the world: The Columbian Exchange | Modern World History 10 of 30| Study Hall

The dawn of international trade didn’t just start the transport of goods and people between continents. It also brought on significant unintended consequences, both positive and negative. In this episode Study Hall World History, we track the effects of disease and the arrival of different animals and plants through the Columbian Exchange.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:42 - Plants
3:05 - Animals
5:28 - Diseases
7:41 - The impact of the exchange
10:24 - Conclusion
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[GustavoDSebem]

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[SinisterChris]

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[cynthiafuller]

love this series so much! great to listen to and learn while working!

[tathamsvids]

There is some basis for some crops being seen as poisonous. Tomatoes were originally considered an ornamental in France. When the Portuguese introduced maize to some populations and they based their entire diet on maize they got sick, they never bothered to ask the natives how they prepared maize to avoid this issue. Other cultures such as Hungary made their own cash crops by making spices like paprika from peppers and sending it on down the Silk Road. I think Hawaiian Pizza is the perfect example of the Columbian Exchange. Pineapples aren't from Hawaii and Pizza along with most of it's ingredients and toppings aren't from Italy.

[davidconnon]

This video has a good number of pertinent facts, given in context. Unfortunately, the narrator sometimes uses intemperate language such as “horrific, ” leading one to infer that the narrator has biases.