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What was the Colombian exchange?

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The Columbian Exchange was between Europe , the Americas, and Africa . It was a world trade of goods , ideas , diseases , crops, and slaves.

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The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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