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The Importance of Sailing Ships

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The invention of the sailing ship affected the world in many positive ways. Before Columbus set out to the new world, there was ecological isolation between different continents and Untouched Oceans. However, when Columbus set out to the new world in his new, innovative ship; two different cultures met and ended this ecological isolation and to a certain extent, began the reconstruction of Pangaea. This is positive because it allowed different cultures to interact and share what their countries had to offer. What this boils down to is the beginning of global economies through trade routes. Some of these trade routes were between The Americas and Europe, North Africa and Europe, Europe and Indian Ocean (India, China, Indonesia), and the New world and Asia. One Important thing that came out of these trade routes was the spread of domesticated animals. Many domesticated animals, which stems from the Neolithic Revolution, were traded between nations. One important domesticated animal was the horse. The horse, which became extinct South America culture, was essential for many reasons. The horse was used for plant domestication and the mobility of resources. This was a European ideology that was introduced to the South Americas. Secondly when horses were introduced to the new world, they began to migrate north. They migrated towards the Midwest plains where many Native American cultures lived such as: Comanche and the Sioux. The Native American tribes adopted the horse and made it a huge part of their culture. The horse allowed them to increase their mobility and use them for battles. Another thing that occurred because of the sailing ship was linking Australia more directly to the larger world. It began with Dutch explorations in the sixteenth century. However, the Dutch found no use of the land and “In 1788 a British fleet arrived at Sydney carrying about one thousand passengers, eight hundred of them convicts, who established the first

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