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4.3 colombia exchange
The document discusses the devastating effects of diseases introduced from Europe to the Americas as a result of the Columbian Exchange, with up to 90% of some indigenous populations dying from diseases like smallpox and measles. It also describes how the exchange introduced new crops, animals and foods as well as cash crops grown by forced indigenous and African labor, and the establishment of slavery in the Americas.
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- 20. Diseases and PopulationCatastrophe 50 percent of the Inca Empire perished as European dieses traveled up and down the Inca Highway.
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- 24. Conquistadors Diseases along withhorses and guns aided the Spanish conquistadors in their subjugation of the Americas. It was the worst pandemic in human history.
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