They also helped prolong/facilitate other wars. The New Zealand Musket Wars for example are sometimes known as the potato wars, as the introduction of such an easy to grow and high yielding crop allowed for armies to be fed and to fight in ways previously unachievable.
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Reply to comment by BattdPlayer in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy
Absolutely!
They also helped prolong/facilitate other wars. The New Zealand Musket Wars for example are sometimes known as the potato wars, as the introduction of such an easy to grow and high yielding crop allowed for armies to be fed and to fight in ways previously unachievable.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket_Wars#:~:text=Unlike%20the%20k%C5%ABmara%20with%20their,fighting%20that%20had%20come%20before.