Geog Ch 4 2

The document discusses the origins and spread of culture. It identifies cultural hearths as places where early civilizations began, and notes some of the major ancient civilizations like Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, and China emerged in good agricultural areas. It also explains how cultural diffusion and contacts helped spread ideas, practices, and goods between cultures, while natural and human barriers sometimes impeded cultural exchange. The document concludes by discussing factors like the Age of Discovery, Industrial Revolution, and spread of ideas from ancient Greece and the Renaissance that drove large-scale cultural change over time.