what's most ancient civilization?

Answer 1

Most historians rank Sumer as the oldest civilization. You can double-verify this on Wikipedia.org.
They had cities like Ur and built the Ziggurats. It is said that Nimrod's tower of Babel was among one of their creations. Moreover, some argue that Abraham from the Bible is a patrician from Ur.

Answer 2

Some will tell you Sumeria or Egypt..... others will tell you China and its dynasties....

Me..... I see that the Central American Highlands had a working culture at the same time as all of the above.

"Civilization" is defined as 'people living in cities'..... and is somewhat a good indicator of progress and refinement. But not everyone had or even needed permanent stone structured buildings.

I think 'civilization' should be judged on its accomplishments.
Plus we get too hung up on judging the rest of the world by European standards and accomplishments. The ancient Polynesians accomplished many things that simply aren't even considered such as the great migration across the pacific and the statues on Easter Island as an example.

Answer 3

Sumeria is the most likely, but even before Sumeria there were indications that the Dravidic people's had advanced ideas on philosphy, architecture, civil strucuture and had mathematics equal to calculus. The ancient Indians are possibly the first to have settled from a developing civilisation in central/south Africa, and possibly the first sea-faring civilisation, resulting in all of the people's of mankind. Linguistic historians have asserted an idea like this for a few decades.

Answer 4

The Catalhoyuk site, in Anatolia in modern Turkey, dates back to approximately 7500 BC, which is far far older than Sumer or Ur.

Unfortunately we don't know enough about the inhabitants to decide whether they represent a civilization, or just a very large group of people living together. But the population is estimated at 5,000 to 10,000, and surely they would have needed some kind of agreed rules or an agreed ruler.

Answer 5

Ur of the Chadians. Modern Iraq. Jerico. You know where. The upper Nile. These are the currently oldest cities as we know them but civilization is harder to define. If we call it having settled agriculture that produces more than it consumes so the surplus supports specialist craftsmen who are able to produce objects for efficent production, defense and trade. Supports a priestly class/astronomers/scribes/bookkepers/ You can go earlier but you still end up in at least protected towns. If you want "culture" with benifits you still have proto agriculture (gardening), Jewelry weapons and specific burial of the dead. Its along way between the two.

Answer 6

Sumer, Egypt and Indus Valley

Answer 7

Persia is the oldest in continuous operation. Egypt is the oldest. Jericho is said to be the oldest city on Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho

Answer 8

Summer was the earlist civilization in terms of which started writing first.