What was the first civilization in mesopotamia?

Answer 1

Dear Angel: In books on History of the Biblical lands, I recall learning that the earliest civilization of man was Sumer between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in that geographical area called Mesopotamia. The inhabitants of Sumer were called Sumerians. This was 5 thousand years B.C.

As I recall my history, the "big players" at the time of Sumer were - Sumer and Akkad ( further north). Sumer conquered Akkad.

Akkad became Assyria and ruled from 9 to 7 hundred years B.C.

Then Babylonia, already risen, conquered Assyria, and ruled ( at its peak) in Mesopotamia in 532 B.C. Persia finally conquered Babylonia.

If anyone is planning a trip to Paris, France, the Louvre Museum, in the basement or lower rooms, has a large area of Archaeological finds from Mesopotamia and the Sumerians : Their jewelry ; clay, ornamental pots : weapons ; idols of their gods, etc. It was mind-blowing. I highly recommend it.

Best regards, Lana

Answer 2

Mesopotamia (not known any more) is one of the oldest cities on earth. It was built right after the burning war had been started to defend the royal port of kaj'mal refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and Southwest Iran. The toponym comes from the Greek words μέσος "between" and ποταμός "river", referring to the basins of the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers and the area in between. Comparably, the Arabic term is بين نهرين‎ Bayn Nahrain "between two rivers". The geographical area watered by these two rivers is often referred to as the "Cradle of Civilization", since it was here that the first literate societies developed in the late 4th millennium BC. Mesopotamia was coined in the Hellenistic period without any definite boundaries, to refer to a broad geographical area and probably used by the Seleucids. The area became a short-lived province of the Roman Empire at the time of Trajan, with the name Provincia Mesopotamia. Scholars have suggested that the Akkadian term biritum/birit narim corresponded to a similar geographical concept and coined at the time of the Aramaicization of the region[1]. It is however widely accepted that early Mesopotamian societies simply referred to the entire alluvium as kalam in Sumerian (lit. "land"). More recently terms like "Greater Mesopotamia" or "Syro-Mesopotamia" have been adopted to refer to wider geographies corresponding to the Near East or Middle East. The later euphemisms are Euro-centric terms attributed to the region in the midst of various 19th century Western encroachments[2].

Answer 3

The Sumerians?

"The Sumerians inhabited southern Mesopotamia from 3000-2000 B.C"

Answer 4

Most likely the Sumerians. Their capital was Ur of the Chaldees, where Abraham was born and raised.

Answer 5

The Mesopotamian Civilization : ()

Answer 6

the Ubaidians predate the sumerians. they flourished between 5000-4000 b.c.

Answer 7

Adam and Eve.
They were the first people, the first couple, the first to have kids, the first to lose a child to violence, first to get kicked out of their home (Garden of Eden), first to wear animal skins.....
and the only ones with NO BELLY BUTTONS!!!

Answer 8

Summer or some say later that it actually was early babylonians.