Throughout history, pastoral and agricultural societies ruled over Asia. But once man decided to venture off and explore new parts of the world, the dispersion of culture, people, animals, plants, religion, and diseases ensued. The interaction between societies allowed the world to become more advanced and efficient. Importantly, interactions between two cultures, on opposite parts of the world, has immensely impacted the world today. At a time when the Aztecs and Incas were becoming major regional powers, Europe began their maritime voyages, in search of new trade routes and a way to travel to India safer and faster. Because of this aspiration, The Columbian Exchange, which refers to a period in time of cultural exchanges between the New and
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Americans have the flexibility to go to Chick Fil A, Kentucky Fried Chicken, order chicken at a restaurant, or even buy a full chicken and chicken specimens at local supermarkets. But when was the last time people thought about where that chicken came from, its cultural impact around the world, how it became a global food, and how it has impacted the global economy? Chicken has become the universal food of the modern day era, crossing into different cultural boundaries without major obstacles (Smithsonian). In Jared Diamond’s book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond described chickens among other small domestic mammals as useful to humanity. However, Diamond also says that the chicken, unlike the horse or the ox, did little to change the course of history, as the horse became a part of military warfare that permitted armies to travel longer distances faster. While the chicken was never useful for conquering civilizations, it was, and still is, a sacred animal in some cultures. The hen, a female chicken, became a worldwide symbol of nurturance and fertility. Eggs were hung in Egyptian temples to ensure that the annual flooding of the Nile was bountiful (Smithsonian). The chicken was used only used for food, but was also used as a symbol of hope and good
Americans have the flexibility to go to Chick Fil A, Kentucky Fried Chicken, order chicken at a restaurant, or even buy a full chicken and chicken specimens at local supermarkets. But when was the last time people thought about where that chicken came from, its cultural impact around the world, how it became a global food, and how it has impacted the global economy? Chicken has become the universal food of the modern day era, crossing into different cultural boundaries without major obstacles (Smithsonian). In Jared Diamond’s book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond described chickens among other small domestic mammals as useful to humanity. However, Diamond also says that the chicken, unlike the horse or the ox, did little to change the course of history, as the horse became a part of military warfare that permitted armies to travel longer distances faster. While the chicken was never useful for conquering civilizations, it was, and still is, a sacred animal in some cultures. The hen, a female chicken, became a worldwide symbol of nurturance and fertility. Eggs were hung in Egyptian temples to ensure that the annual flooding of the Nile was bountiful (Smithsonian). The chicken was used only used for food, but was also used as a symbol of hope and good