MICROBIO 140P Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sweet Potato, Francisco Pizarro, Measles
29 Mar 2017
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Eurasian imperialism: extending a country"s power and influence through diplomacy or military force, russia, britain, germany. Origins of food production: eastern us, turkey, meso-america, corn, sweet potato, tomato, south america, llama, potato, africa, donkey, fertile crescent, china, chicken, water buffalo, pig, southeast asia, bananas, rice. Domestication of animals: anna karenina principle, describes an endeavor in which a deficiency in any one of a number of factors dooms it to failure, a successful endeavor is one where every possible deficiency has been avoided. Colombian exchange (new world meets old world, vice versa) Pre-columbus (1491: switzerland no chocolate, italy no tomatoes, ireland no potatoes, hungary no paprika, thailand no chilis, ecuador no bananas, florida no oranges. Europe, asia, africa north and south america: disease, small pox, influenza, typhus, measles, malaria, whooping cough, diphtheria, produce, meats, etc, north and south america europe, asia and africa, produce, meats, etc.
