Before revision: The teacher of Frobenius was Friedrich Ratzel.Diffusionism and Acculturation anthropology.ua.edu These scholars believed that a limited number of Kulturkreise developed at different times and in different places and that all cultures, ancient and modern, resulted from the diffusion of cultural complexes—functionally related groups of culture traits— from these cultural centres.
After revision: The teachers of Frobenius were Richard Andree and Friedrich Ratzel.Diffusionism and Acculturation anthropology.ua.edu These scholars believed that a limited number of Kulturkreise developed at different times and in different places and that all cultures, ancient and modern, resulted from the diffusion of cultural complexes—functionally related groups of culture traits— from these cultural centres.