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    second sail to the islands‚ Columbus brought back saplings of the plants and animals with him. This sparked new global trading known as the Columbian Exchange. Smallpox‚ corn‚ and horses all had a big impact on the world after being spread through the Columbian Exchange. Smallpox was the deadliest disease that was brought from the Old World to the New World. Smallpox

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    Old World to New World New World to Old World Diseases Smallpox Syphilis Measles Chicken Pox Malaria Yellow Fever Influenza The Common Cold Animals Horses Turkeys Cattle Llamas Pigs Alpacas Sheep Guinea Pigs Goats Chickens Plants The Columbian Exchange Alfred W. Crosby a historian at the University of Texas in Austin created the term The Columbian Exchange in 1972. The term describes the history of the trading from the New World to the Old World

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    King Ferdinand of Spain to propose his ideas and plans‚ where it was accepted in 1492‚ and the world was never to be the same again. It was because of Columbus that the New

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    The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of time where cultural and biological exchanges took place between the New World and the Old World. These exchanges were primarily composed of plants‚ animals‚ technology and not so good things such as diseases. Following Columbus’s discovery in 1492 the exchange began to take place and continued to play along throughout the years. When the soon to be settlers arrived in the New World‚ America‚ they began to notice a lot of plants they had never seen before

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    Lesson 1 Assignment 1) What does Tisquantum’s experience indicate about European attitudes toward Native Americans: In what ways did he reflect and participate in the "the Columbian exchange"? Tisquantum who was also mainly known as “Squanto” throughout the Columbian exchange was a native member of the Patuxet tribe‚ which was located along the area of Plymoth. His ability to speak better English than many other native Americans made him stand out to the Pilgrims‚ thus having caused them to

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    The central feature of world history between late 15th Century and 1700 was the expansion of Europe and the spread of European culture and civilisation throughout the globe. Until 1500 the world had‚ on whole‚ pressed in on Europe. Beginning in the 1500s‚ Europe began to press out on the world. This period in history is known as the Age of Discovery or Exploration. During this time‚ driven by a variety of motives‚ European explorers mapped almost all of the world’s seas and outlines of the continents

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    territories in the 15th and 16th Century. The influx came to be known as the Columbian Exchange or the Grand Exchange. Also‚ communicable diseases were also transferred between the two lands‚ although this was mostly unintentional. The term Columbian Exchange‚ however‚ did not emanate from that time. It was coined in the 20th Century by Alfred W. Crosby‚ a historian at the University of Texas. He published a book titled “The Columbian Exchange” (Crosby‚ 1972) where he discussed the environmental impact

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    thriving off of scarce resources. The rise of Islam in Saudi Arabia grew until1600. Both pre-Islamic and post-Islamic civilizations were egalitarian‚ this is because in nomadic societies there isn’t much one could do to be distinguishable and in Islamic societies it is believed that Allah does not call for distinguished social classes; also in both societies the Qur’an was looked to for life relations in pre-Islamic society‚ it also was looked on almost as a code of conduct‚ and in post-Islamic society

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    Management Decision The strategic planning/finance interface: does sophistication really matter? Paul A. Phillips Article information: To cite this document: Paul A. Phillips‚ (2000)‚"The strategic planning/finance interface: does sophistication really matter?"‚ Management Decision‚ Vol. 38 Iss 8 pp. 541 - 549 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251740010378273 Downloaded by Universitas Bunda Mulia‚ Mr Universitas Bunda Mulia At 06:33 18 April 2015 (PT) Downloaded on:

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    Everyday items taken for granted; the zipper‚ fluorescent lights‚ dishwashers‚ and spray paint. All of these were unveiled to the world at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The Columbian Exposition‚ also called the Chicago World’s Fair‚ was a place of many firsts. Some were good‚ and some were necessary evils. Planned advancements were that of technology and inventions. Contrasting areas of development such as architecture were surprising‚ as no one knew how magnificent and cutting-edge the city would

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