How did Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas affect Africa and Islamic nations?

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How did Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas affect Africa and Islamic nations?

Please include positive and negative things.

2006-10-22 11:40:27 · 2 answers · asked by CaliGurl♥ 6 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science

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Columbus didn't "discover" America. There were indigenous people already here and the first Europeans were the Vikings in the 11th Century.

2006-10-22 11:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋

We had a trade with them for a while.

Africans were being enslaved in Europe and islands and forced to work so America just expanded the slave trade.

The Spices from the middle East ...

I don't know, do your own homework.

2006-10-22 11:46:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋