The relationship between Culture,Civilization and Society
In an attempt to trace cultural evolution it was Morgan who developed the sequence of savagery-barbarism -civilization in which civilization represented the most advanced state of culture.The most developed form of societies with the most advanced state of culture are labelled as modern or urban.Such urban societies are characterized by the presence of cities. The main characteristics of civilizations have been outlined by many anthropologists Due to greater agricultural productivity there was the presence of higher concentration of population in the same area. These populations clustered in cities which became the nerve centres of commerce,government,religion and defence. Each such city did not exist in isolation but had several satellite communities with which it mainly had economic and trade linkages. Managerial skills were developed to handle separately and efficiently several institutions such as economy and military. Merchant classes were working within a highly developed exchang...