2006-11-02 06:12:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The country that is still going by the same name as when it was founded is: CHINA. It was unified under that name in about 225 B.C.E.
The oldest area of civilization is Mesopotamia, but of course it's now called Iraq. I think the first paragraph is what you meant.
2006-11-02 06:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by robert2020 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure, but I'd like to think it was ancient Greece or Egypt, though I don't know if the borders have stayed constant over the centuries. That's a very good question! I can't seem to find a straight answer on Google - the concensus seems to be San Marino, founded as a republic in AD 301.
2006-11-02 06:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the best refrence for oldest country in the world is wikipedia....wikipedia said persian or iran is oldest country in the world
2015-06-19 08:44:33 · answer #3 · answered by Akram 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
San Marino is the world's oldest Republic. Probably one of the Middle Eastern countries....Iraq might be...
2006-11-02 06:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by mikers 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Denmark has got the oldest flag of any country.
2006-11-02 06:20:46 · answer #5 · answered by peter noseman 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The oldest established permanant land border is Denmark.
2006-11-02 06:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
OLDEST COUNTRIES
San Marino (301 AD)
France (486 AD)
Bulgaria (632 AD)
Denmark (950 AD)
Portugal (1143 AD)
Andorra (1278 AD)
Switzerland (1291 AD)
2006-11-02 06:15:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
aint sure but i heard once that the first capital city for a country was Damascus in Syria.
2006-11-02 06:19:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you believe the big bang theory then all the countries must be the same age. All the previous answers refer to civilisations or states.
2006-11-02 06:25:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
israel and egypt
2006-11-02 08:07:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋