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Ancient Civilizations: Columbian Exchange

Library resources for ancient civilization inquiry

Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange & Global Trade
Beck, Roger B., et al. "The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade." World History: Patterns of Interaction, McDougal Littell, 2005, pp. 571-75.

“The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas.”
Nunn, Nathan, and Nancy Qian. 2010. Journal of Economic Perspectives 24 (2) (May): 163–188.
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange: Important Dates
The Columbian Exchange
Khan Acadeny
The Columbian Exchange: An Overview
Scholastic
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Midlands Technica; College

History vs. Christopher Columbus

Columbian Exchange Foods

Food History: A TImeline
KidCyber
The Columbian Exchange
Click Maize, Potato, Rice
The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease Between the Old and New Worlds
National Humanities Center
Foods of the Columbian Exchange
How did the Columbian Exchange shape food culture in the modern world? Digital Collections for the Classrooms.
The Columbian Exchange: Important Plants & Crops
The History About Each Vegetable
Seed to Crop

Columbia Exchange Animals

The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease Between the Old and New Worlds
National Humanities Center
The Columbian Exchange: Animals
The Columbian Exchange
Animals and the Columbian Exchange
Sutori

Columbia Exchange Diseases

The Columbian Exchange: Smallpox
Diseases of the Columbian Exchange
Sutori
The Columbian Exchange: DIsease
Old World diseases brought to the New World:
Small Pox
Measles
Malaria
Chicken Pox

New World diseases brought to the Old World:
Syphilis
Polio
The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease Between the Old and New Worlds
National Humanities Center