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Early Culture Hearth Locations

Early Culture Hearth Locations. The heartlands of various cultures; From where the most dominant cultural ideas have spread. 4 River Valleys. 1. The Nile. 2. Wei River Valley. 3. The sacred Ganges River. 4. Indus River Valley. “Land between two rivers”. Mesopotamia. West Africa.

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Early Culture Hearth Locations

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  1. Early Culture Hearth Locations The heartlands of various cultures; From where the most dominant cultural ideas have spread

  2. 4 River Valleys

  3. 1. The Nile

  4. 2. Wei River Valley

  5. 3. The sacred Ganges River

  6. 4. Indus River Valley

  7. “Land between two rivers”

  8. Mesopotamia

  9. West Africa Where is farming?

  10. Cultural hearths: Where ideas began • Such things as religion, the use of iron tools, and weapons • Highly organized social systems • Development of agriculture

  11. From Hearth to..? The spreading of ideas across time and space (Geography) Example: Mecca is the cultural hearth for Islam and the area from which Muslims initially traveled to convert people to Islam The spread of tools, social structures, and agriculture spread in a similar manner from cultural hearths

  12. Idea flow

  13. Cultural Regions These are areas that contain dominant cultural elements Not everyone in the culture region has the same culture traits; however, they are often influenced by it in some way

  14. Resources

  15. Thinking further… What and where will be the next Cultural Hearth? What ideas will be spread? How will they be spread? How will they be received by other cultures?

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