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  2. Early impact of Mesoamerican goods in Iberian society

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    While initially a crop of the Indian subcontinent, the cultivation of sugar in the New World had significant effects on Spanish society. New World sugar cultivation added to the growing power of the Spanish and Portuguese economies while also increasing the popularity of slave labor (which had severe impacts on African, American, and European societies).

  3. Food history - Wikipedia

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    Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history , which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.

  4. Sea glass - Wikipedia

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    Green and white sea glass. Sea glass are naturally weathered pieces of the anthropogenic glass fragments of typically drinkwares, which often have the appearance of tumbled stones. Sea glass is physically polished and chemically weathered glass found on beaches along bodies of salt water. These weathering processes produce natural frosted glass ...

  5. Divers discovered two well-preserved onion glass bottles from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Indian River County in Florida in 2021 and 2022. While the exact ship has yet to be ...

  6. Cuisine of California - Wikipedia

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    The cuisine of California reflects the diverse culture of California and is influenced largely by European American, Hispanic American (Mexican, Latin American, Spanish), East Asian and Oceanian influences (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, Thai, Hawaiian), and Western European influences (Italian, French, Portuguese), as well as the food trends and traditions of larger American ...

  7. History of seafood - Wikipedia

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    Such foods were also considered appropriate for fast days. [25] Especially important was the fishing and trade in herring and cod in the Atlantic and the Baltic Sea . The herring was of unprecedented significance to the economy of much of Northern Europe, and it was one of the most common commodities traded by the Hanseatic League , a powerful ...

  8. Creole cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Creole cuisine (French: cuisine créole; Portuguese: culinária crioula; Spanish: cocina criolla) is a cuisine style born in colonial times, from the fusion between African, European and pre-Columbian traditions. Creole is a term that refers to those of European origin who were born in the New World and have adapted to it (melting pot). [1]

  9. Atlantic history - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic history is a specialty field in history that studies the Atlantic World in the early modern period. The Atlantic World was created by the contact between Europeans and the Americas, and Atlantic History is the study of that world. [ 1 ]