<span>They turned Baghdad into a vibrant cultural center.</span>
The Columbian Exchange brought lot of new animal species from the Old World to the New World, and lot of plants from the New World to the Old World, both of which had huge impacts.
The animals brought from the Old World to the New World, like the cows, horses, goats, sheep, poultry, all had big impact. Some were excellent for working on the farmlands, all of them were producing large amounts of excrement which was great for fertilization of the soil. Some were great for quick traveling, as well as being very useful in warfare. The majority of them provided food, be it meat, milk, or eggs, while some provided wool for clothing.
The plants brought from the New World to the Old World had huge positive impact in Eurasia as they managed to provide lot of food for the people, thus largely preventing malnutrition and famine. The most important of these plants is probably the potato, which has become one of the most valuable food sources, and one of the most popular as well.
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The Renaissance was a rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman thinking and styles, and both the Roman and Greek civilizations were Mediterranean cultures, as is Italy. The best single reason for Italy as the birthplace of the Renaissance was the concentration of wealth, power, and intellect in the Church.
:"From 1628 to 1642, French sailors captured slaves on foreign slave ships and brought them into the French colonies. "French settlers also bought slaves from foreign slave ships," Frederic Regent, a historian at Paris' Sorbonne, told Enjeux magazine in 2008.
