AP Human Geo (APHuG) LoFi Unit 3: Cultural Hearths

Cultural hearths where ideas begin

Origins of traditions within

Fertile Crescent, Indus Valley too

Major hearths shaping the view

Religions, languages, cultural ways

Spread outward across the days

Geographers trace these roots

Where cultural systems shoot

Cultural hearths mark the start

Where traditions form the cultural heart

From these places ideas spread

Across the world the pathways led

Innovation begins at the core

Then diffusion spreads even more

Trade, migration, conquest too

Carry ideas to places new

Cultural regions begin to grow

From hearths where traditions flow

Understanding origins explains

How culture spreads across terrains