Global Commerce In The Early Modern Era

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Global commerce in the early modern era was able to transform human societies by an increase of new technologies, silver diffusion, fur trade, and slaves. The Columbian exchange allowed European societies to have a source of food after the Bubonic Plague. The trading of corn was very important because at the time, corn could only be grown in the Americas. Another item distributed from the Americas was silver. Silver spread across regions after being in the hands of the Spaniards and depleted the Spanish economy. The demand for fur also went up during a tiny ice-age that occured during 1500-1600 C.E. The French and Native Americans mostly traded within themselves which allowed the Native American tribes to gain protection by getting from other