The Significant effects of the Columbian Exchange
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The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian exchange refers to the transition period between the old and new worlds that encompass cultural and biological spheres (Crosby, 2015). This exchange did not only transform Latin America but went an extent to change the Native America and European way of life. The transaction is traced back to the 15th century from the Columbus discovery in 1492 that ignited expansion and discovery affecting the social and cultural makeup of the regions affected. The exchanges were in the areas of technology, disease, plants and animals and it is expectable that there were movements of one from a place to another of these aspects.
The Latin America experienced evolution in their agriculture, an increase in mortality due to the biological exchanges, disease transition, and warfare (Del Casino, Knox, Liverman, Marston, & Robbins, 2013). The exchange brought together the world that was taken apart by the continental drift through social and cultural aspects. Christopher Columbus with other scientists believed that this separation was brought together during the exchange, with Cosby studying the effect scientifically. Latin America has every kind of people from various spheres of the world, and the mix at that point is complex.
The significant effect of the exchange in the Latin America was the disposition of the natives from their original land. The Native American cultures still hold as they blend with the borrowed even though the contributions assimilated others in the exchange. The social and cultural exchange contains the core of spheres of the Latin America through influx of new people, plants and commodities that transformed the humanity (Crosby, 2015). The major factors that were involved in the exchange that scientists agree about include the maize, sugar, horse, disease, potatoes and ecology to some extent that still holds in the region. The aspect of corporate structure and liberty in the society also got a better part in the exchange.