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Improvements in technology are passed from one culture to another. For instance, the cultivation of crops arose in several different locations, but quickly spread to be an almost ubiquitous feature of human life. Similarly, advances in [[weapons]], [[architecture]] and [[metallurgy]] are quickly disseminated.

Improvements in technology are passed from one culture to another. For instance, the cultivation of crops arose in several different locations, but quickly spread to be an almost ubiquitous feature of human life. Similarly, advances in [[weapons]], [[architecture]] and [[metallurgy]] are quickly disseminated.

Such techniques can be passed on by [[oral tradition]]. The development of [[writing]], itself a kind of technology, made it possible to pass information from generation to generation and from region to region with greater accuracy.

Such techniques can be passed on by [[oral tradition]]. The development of [[writing]], itself a kind of technology, made it possible to pass information from generation to generation and from region to region with greater accuracy.