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| ==Cultural Diffusion==
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| === Definition ===
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| * spread and mixing (diffusion) of people
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| ** cultures, technologies, [[disease]], religions, identities,
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| * through Trade, Migration & Warfare
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| * See also: [[Movement]]
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| === Geography & Cultural Diffusion ===
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| * isolation
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| * crossroads
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| * rivers as both "a highway and a moat"
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| * see geographic barriers: inhibitors to movement
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| * see geographic catalysts: facilitators to movement
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| ** spreads more readily across similar climates and latitudes (east - west)
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| *** rather than across different climates (north - south)
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| === Technology & Cultural Diffusion ===
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| * boats
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| * bridges
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| * horses
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| * roads
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| * rails (pre-steam)
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| * mechanized transit, including
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| ** railroads
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| ** steamboats
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| ** automobiles
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| ** telegraph / telephone
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| ** radio / TV
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| * See also
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| ** [[Human Geography]]
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| ** [[Movement]]
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| === Cultural Diffusion as Historical Agent ===
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| * mixing of cultures, technologies, language, relgion, etc.
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| * Do the conquerors conquer the conquered or do the conquered conquer the conquerors?, examples:
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| ** Mongol conquerors of China became Chinese (Yuan Empire)
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| ** Turk invaders of Anatolia became Muslim
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| ** Norman invaders of England became English
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| ** Ptolemaic (Greek) rulers of Egypt
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| ==Comparison== | | ==Comparison== |