I think that the change in culture could be attributed to the degree of interaction with the Eldar. The only reason (well, perhaps the main reason) that the Numenoreans were so advanced for Edain, was that they were heavily influenced by the Elves.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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