The words 'culture' and 'civilization' have been often used synonymously, though they have clearly defined meanings differentiating them. 'Civilization' means the betterment of ways of living, making Nature bend to fulfil the needs of humankind. It includes also organizing societies into politically well-defined groups working collectively for improved conditions of life in matters of food, dress, communication, and so on. Thus a group considers itself as civilized, while others were looked down upon as barbarians. This has led to wars and holocausts, resulting in mass destruction of human beings. Therefore civilization by itself cannot be the goal of life.
All culture is learned, but not everything learned is culture.
It includes all our actions and beliefs that are not transmitted by genes, but are transmitted (and stored) by symbols.
Symbols are meaningless in themselves (intrinsically) unless they are given meaning by humans.
Our values include whatever we think of as good versus bad, right versus wrong or beautiful versus ugly.
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Where they differ there is a potential for conflict of values.
Similarly, different communities may have different economic systems (another of the six dimensions).
In UAE and Eygpt there are many difference culture ,
Culture of UAE is a rich blend of traditional Arab including the Bedouin culture and Islamic culture. The Ministry's Cultural Department plays the key role to preserve the cultural heritages and retain the country's tradition. The Department regularly publish books related to heritage, culture, art and theater. Several lectures, seminars and other cultural activities and events are organized by the Ministry's Cultural Department in UAE.
The museum of Islamic art is truly a wonderful reservoir of Islamic antiquities. It has a vast supplement of about 10200 artifacts that one cannot explore in a single day. The museum displays arts from the different Islamic eras that Egypt passed through including the Fatimid, Turkish and Persian periods.
