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It's crazy to think that Europe didn't have potatoes and America didn't have horses until after Columbus.

It's also crazy to think that Columbus and the first Trans-Atlantic trade was 200 years before 1700s colonialism. You could argue, and some have, that the introduction of potatoes from South America to Europe is what enabled the industrial revolution. I feel like this is a little dubious, but better to have dubious numbers than no number, am I right. => https://www.nber.org/papers/w15157 Source Table 5 from Nunn and Qian, 2009, showing 47% of urbanization increases between 1700 and 1900 attributable to potatoes.

Table 5 from Nunn and Qian, 2009, showing 47% of urbanization increases between 1700 and 1900 attributable to potatoes.

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