In the first step...

In the first step, food seeking, small groups of nomadic hunters, fishermen and fruit pickers move form one place to another in search of food.” ^7 Here we can see phenomena concerning culture and its mutation -which, however, due to their fatalistic nature - cannot be included in the evolutionary concept of culture.

Culture in Arabic Reference Books The Arabic equivalent for culture is the word al-thiqafa which means “victory, intelligence and skill, and also talent for science, crafts and literature.”[^8] “Its root, thaqaf , means skilful, clever, brilliant and victorious.”[^9] To find a definition of culture and the topics concerning it, it is best to look up al-thiqafa and al-adab . [^10] Al-Monjad thus defines al-adab: “An adib is a person familiar with literature. Its…