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