HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Columbian Exchange, Syncretism, Syphilis
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Blending of religious practices at the point of contact between 2+ cultures. In wom, amerindian woman combined healing practices of catholocism and indian religion (cid:862)asia(cid:374), africa(cid:374), a(cid:374)d nati(cid:448)e a(cid:373)erica(cid:374) peoples largely determined how christianity would be accepted, rejected, or tra(cid:374)sfor(cid:373)ed as it e(cid:374)tered (cid:374)e(cid:449) cultural e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. (cid:863) Plants: agriculture and cash crops, wheat, melon, sugar cane, travel on trade routes, portuguese took potatoes from s. america to india, move accidently, seeds on clothing and cloth. Animals: horses cattle, sheep, goats rats accidently.
