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[caleb1077-blog]

@unglambert ..Do you think the resources exchanged in the Columbian Exchange back to Europe were used only by the elite or did everyone get to experience these new resources?

[unglambert-blog]

(continued) you don’t plant potatoes from seed, but can just distribute pieces of potato. They would have spread quickly and were probably pretty quickly into general society because sailors could bring back pieces themselves. More exotic and difficult to cultivate things like pineapple were spread only among elites. But potatoes and corn were more widespread. Great question! 

[asianhistory-blog]

Mongol passport (paizi), Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), 13th century

[historical-nonfiction]

There are reliable sources stating that Mongolian archers could routinely hit targets over 500 meters away. To put that in perspective, the gun that the United States Army uses today has a maximum deadly range of about 600 meters, with a reliable kill range of about half that. Meaning technically, at distances over 250 meters, a Mongolian archer would pose more of a threat to you than a US Marine.

[unglambert-blog]

I can’t claim originality -- found this online.

[unglambert-blog]

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