ANTH 1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Arab Culture, Culture Change, Acculturation
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Diffusion: movement of cultural ideas and artifacts from one society to another. Direct- elements are taken up by a neighboring society and spread farther and farther. Intermediate- diffusion occurs through a third party (crusaders brought. Stimulus diffusion- knowledge of a trait belonging to another culture stimulates the invention or development of a local equivalent. Usually violent replacement of country"s rulers stems from internal unrest. External and internal are not mutually exclusive. Culture represents basis for acceptance or rejection of new ideas.
