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Explain one way in which disease transformed the Americas, Africa, and Europe in the period 1450-1750

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European colonization of the Americas led to the spread of diseases— including smallpox, measles, and influenza — that were endemic in the Eastern Hemisphere among Amerindian populations and the unintentional transfer of disease vectors, including mosquitoes and rats.


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