1500 as a Turning Points: The Birth of Globalization - Foods
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What foods and goods came to the Americas?
Populations of cattle, sheep, and horses expanded rapidly in the new environment, and American natives adapted swiftly to some of the new opportunities.
How was corn adopted?
Corn was also adopted in northern India, while Portugese introduction of corn to West Africa quickly formed the basis for a new staple crop.
What was the trajectory of chili?
The Portuguese brought knowledge of the plant to India, however, where it quickly joined other spices in dishes like Indian curry.
From India it spread also to Thailand and to several provinces in China now known for spicy foods.
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How did the Chinese learn of the potato?
What did corn and peanuts do in several regional cuisines in China and other parts in Asia?
Why did European use of American crops take longer to develop?
What kind of pigs were there in the early eighteenth century?
- European pigs had traditionally foraged in forests; they were large but rangy.
- Chinese pigs, fed on garden scraps, were smaller than their European counterparts, but fatter, and with the capacity to gain weight rapidly.
- Merged pig breeds - also taken to the Americas, where Europeans had introduced the first pigs in the sixteenth century - generated much greater production of pork and bacon, ultimately supporting a more commercial approach that displaced peasant production.
What did food exchanges generate?
How was the advance of foods of American origin?
How did coffee become more popular?
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