Which is the oldest culture?

Question

I knew, it's somewhere arose in Mesopotamia . I'm very sad, that the people are fighting there. It's a crime against humanity. :-((( Shame on them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians#Migration_to_Australia

It's hard to define a culture.

Wait, I forgot Egypt.

Answer 1

There is no oldest culture. All human cultures are equally ancient since all have evolved from a single common culture.

If there was an oldest culture it certainly wouldn't be in Mesopotamia, since the culture in that part of the world can only date to the rise of Islam at the very latest. Prior to that an entirely different culture existed in Mesopotamia with a different religion, different language, different government and so forth. The Mesopotamian culture is one of the more recent cultures in this world.

Answer 2

NASA Images Discover Ancient Bridge
Between India & Sri Lanka

Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam's Bridge is made of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long.

The bridge's unique curvature and composition by age reveals that it is man made. The legends as well as Archeological studies reveal that the first signs of human inhabitants in Sri Lanka date back to the a primitive age, about 1,750,000 years ago and the bridge's age is also almost equivalent.

This information is a crucial aspect for an insight into the ancient epic RAMAYANA, which was supposed to have taken place in treta yuga (more than 1,700,000 years ago)......

Answer 3

Culture can mean different things

- Culture as values, norms, and artifacts

- Culture as civilization

- Culture as worldview

- Culture as symbols

These different culture will have different oldest.

Again there are always debate which is older. Since it is very old things these debates are mostly unverified and subject to interpretation.

For example let us take example of Culture as civilization - some argue Sumerian is oldest whereas others debate Indus Valley is older and so on

Similarly Culture as value and norms - Some says Hinduism is oldest whereas others it is not culture but religion as defined now.

So there is lot of debatable point in this.

Answer 4

The earliest known civilizations (as defined in the traditional sense) was the Mesopotamian civilization of Sumer, who arose in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq.

Answer 5

My culture is the oldest.My ancestors go right back to Odin when the Sky and Earth were first made.All other cultures and races are descended from my ancestors.

Answer 6

The Culture of India is one of the oldest in the world [1]. India has managed to preserve its established traditions throughout history

Answer 7

Australian Aboriginal over 50,000 years old, and some think up to 100,000 years old.

Answer 8

as far as stone tools go.....homo habilis....but chimps/bonobos have them too....depends on how you define culture i guess

Answer 9

That's almost impossible to determine.

Answer 10

The African culture