Nepal

China

East Asia

Chile

Belize

Bolivia

Guatemala

Honduras

Peru

El Salvador

Latin America

Mauritania

None

Mexico

North America

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Kuwait

Jordan

Lebanon

Qatar

Egypt

Iraq

Israel

Palestine

Saudi Arabia

Iran

Syria

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Senegal

Burkina Faso

Ethiopia

Guinea

Zimbabwe

Eritrea

Mali

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

<p>A world map highlights early cultural hearths. Major hearths in dark green are located in the Middle East, Northern India, and Pakistan. Secondary hearths in light green are found in Mesoamerica, West Africa, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Guatemala, Peru, and North Korea.</p>

<p>Locations of major culture hearths, areas of cultural innovation that gave rise to a particular culture region</p>

Major Hearths

World

nature

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Japan

Mongolia

South Korea

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Guernsey (U.K.)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Jersey (U.K.)

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

French Guiana (France)

Guyana

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

Canada

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Major Hearths		COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Major hearth	Secondary hearth	Class	Rank	Vaccinations per 100 people



3.31%	1.87%


	26.8%
	11.1%
	30.0%
22.1%

30.6%
	23.8%