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Potatoes from the Americas helped transform European diets and population growth.

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The potato, brought from the Andes, gave Europe a hardy, calorie-rich crop — fuelling population growth and, when it failed, terrible famine.

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Amerika kıtasından gelen patates, Avrupa'nın beslenme düzenini değiştirdi ve nüfus artışını besledi.

And Dağları'ndan getirilen patates, Avrupa'ya dayanıklı ve kalorisi yüksek bir ürün verdi — nüfus artışını besledi; başarısız olduğundaysa korkunç kıtlıklara yol açtı.

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Potatoes from the Americas helped transform European diets and population growth.

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