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Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.
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Examples of different typed of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century are ;
- Chinese Pottery, textile items, and spices traveled from India and South East Asia to Europe. In return, precious metals such as gold and silver traveled from Europe to Asia .
- Potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, chilies, etc were exported from America to Europe
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Examples of different typed of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century are ;
- Example from Asia - Chinese Pottery, textile items, and spices traveled from India and South East Asia to Europe by the Silk route. In return, precious metals such as gold and silver traveled from Europe to Asia .
- Example from America - Common foods such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, chilies, etc were exported from America to Europe
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