Christopher Columbus Benefits

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Christopher Columbus opened up new worlds to Europe. The plants, animals, and diseases once unknown to Europe were introduced. There is also the intellectual impact Columbus had which had a greater long term benefit as it allowed the Europeans to better understand the ways, culture and discoveries of other more distant countries hence allowed them to better exchange information as barriers that stood between empires were broken down. The reason of the breakdown of barriers and the empires being more open to one another was because the cultural differences were resolved when people from various empires began to understand each other. This mutual understanding allowed the scientific and intellectual advancements of each nation that were once
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