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Eurasia to Americas |
Americas to Eurasia |
Diseases |
smallpox, measles, influenza, diphtheria, whooping cough, chicken pox, typhus | syphilis (a.k.a. “the pox”) |
Animals |
horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens (great pasture land) | turkey |
Crops |
Wheat, rice, vines, citrus, banana, tree fruits, grapes, sugarcane, weeds, coffee, onion. (From Africa: Yams, okra, collard) | maize, potatoes (white and sweet), beans, tomatoes, peppers, peanuts, cassava/manioc, squash, vanilla, papayas, guavas, avocados, pineapples, cacao, tobacco |
People |
Military, businessmen, poor immigrants, slave labor | |
Other |
religion | Silver and Gold, Quinine |
© 2005, 2008 – Jonathan Dresner