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Date c. 1400 - c. 1600
Context European exploration • The Columbian Exchange

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Columbus arriving in the New World
influenza virus
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Plains Indians hunting bison on horseback
Corn (maize)
cassava
Great Famine
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