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HELP DUE IN LIKE A MINUTE: Explain the process by which the potato was originally introduced to Europe as food food crop.

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The Inca Indians in Peru were the first to cultivate potatoes around 8,000 BC to 5,000 B.C. In 1536 Spanish Conquistadors conquered Peru, discovered the flavors of the potato, and carried them to Europe. ... It took nearly four decades for the potato to spread to the rest of Europe.

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