Lowly Potato
Through a process known as the Colombian Exchange Europe and the Americas transferred to each other plants and animals. Among them was the potato, which originated in the Andes. One historian argues that the potato fueled the rise of the West.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/How-the-Potato-Changed-the-World.html
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