Cultures

Way of life of people,including their beliefs and practices

Elements in culture

Cultural landscape: is the parts of a people´s environment thay they have shaped and the technology they have used to shape it.

Invention of tools

Control of fire/Agriculture

Development of civilizations: advanced cultures with cities and the use of writing.

At the beginning they were hunters and gatherers -Nomads

People discovered how to grow crops/tamed animals

Agricultural revolution

Asia and Africa started working on crafts/develop law and government. Develop writing

All this produced the first true civilizations about 5000 years ago.

200 years ago invention of power-driven machinery

Industrial Revolution came.

Before the Agricultural Revolution people had simple institutions,customs and organizations with social, educational or religious purposes.

As people gathered in larger groups- a need for more complex institutions.

Today- all kinds of institutions(political parties,museums,sports,universities,schools)