> exchanges of ingredients in the Columbian exchange (tomatoes in Italy, potatoes in Russia, chilis in India and Korea, etc.)

For more on this see the book 1493:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1493:_Uncovering_the_New_World...

Many folks are probably familiar with what happened in Europe post-1492, but there's a whole bunch of stuff on the Pacific side of the Americas as well.