The fifth food revolution is the most IMPORTANT historical event that you may have never heard of. When ships started sailing between the eastern and western hemispheres, they introduced species to both worlds and changed the whole world forever. Everything from tobacco to influenza to corn and potatoes and we and the world would never be the same. Learn more about what Charles C. Mann described as 'the biggest ecological convulsion since the death of the dinosaurs." This is one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the entire planet. This is a must-see!
00:00 Revolutions 1-4 recap
01:22 Introducing the fifth revolution: The Columbian Exchange!
02:50 How these revolutions built on one-another
04:22 Ships carried numerous organisms between the east and west with unintended consequences
06:11 Most infectious diseases came from livestock
06:25 The image most people have of the Americas is completely wrong
07:07 It was Infectious disease, not guns or technology that decimated the Native Americans
08:37 Europe in Columbus' day was medieval
10:45 East-Bound Passengers
10:59 West-Bound Passengers
11:25 The beginning of Globalization
12:25 The silver supply doubled and the first global trade routes were established
14:00 The guano age and the advent of input-intensive farming & industrial monoculture
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