a mixture of genetic and cultural factors

I don't think that "genetic" is the reason of development

why not?

the culture maybe

but the genetic no

Culture largely stems from genetics.

example?

Differences in genetic capability for civilization-qualities like cooperation, trust, future-orientation, etc

No, that is the culture

these are genetic, population scale differences

no it isn't

It is, A culture define the values

no it doesn't

no values like future-orientation or other heritable traits

IQ is largely heritable

personality traits are 50-70% heritable

a culture as a meta-structure may adopt population scale traits as valuable

and some of those traits certainly play a bigger role at creating higher civilization than others

yes

If a culture is very conservative, there will be no progress

Example some african cultures

again, that largely depends on the general intelligence and personality traits of the population at hand

The intelligence depends of the culture and the way of life

@Kalier Progress is only necessary if the environment changes

in a traditionalist culture

What is the antonym of tradition?

Drawing a blank here

intelligence depends very little on culture / way of life. extensive twin research demonstrates this

its mostly heritable

and nutrition?

nutrition is a red herring, historically speaking

its not really a distinct variable in the civilization building eras we're discussing

If a african person is educated with western values from birth, there will be no difference

In Africa, IQ is low because of poverty

Oh my

Human intelligence is highly heritable.
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v16/n10/abs/mp201185a.html

maybe IQ and poverty have a mutual causal relationship

Black children raised in White households have similar IQ scores to Black children in Black households.
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1977-07996-001

IQ is one of the genetic population scale traits that determines the appropriate civilizational level

IQ is low, so everybody is poor, so nobody has the resources to improve IQ, so everybody gets poorer, etc.

and in that way is connected to poverty