Culture and Civilization

Greek art included the popular sarpedon vase.

Does culture or civilization came first? The culture I meant is the particular system of art, thought, and customs of a society; And the civilization mean the type of advance society of a particular time or place…

A culture is the combination of art and thought, and history. Humans are born to have thought, otherwise mythology won’t exist. People started to enjoy arts when they have thought, but do art and thought affect a civilization? They sure did, so they do come first then civilization?

Civilization is a result of culture, but this doesn’t mean culture comes first. Because an artless tribe may call a civilization, this doesn’t conflict with the mean of civilization. An artless tribe may advance without art, like robotic technology, it’s artless.

Culture, civilization, and mythology are the crystallization of human’s thought. They are the creation of us, who was the first doesn’t really important.

But I do need your answer and opinion for further studies, thanks.