2007-02-12 07:30:40 · 6 answers · asked by Heather 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There really is now way to say - geographically - which country is the oldest. The longest-lived civilization is also hard to determine, because people have always been all over Europe.
Ancient Greece is one of the first "civilized" places in Europe (followed by Rome, which later became parts of German and Italy)
2007-02-12 07:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by Athena 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The oldest country de jure, that still stands today, is San Marino, also the oldest Republic, founded in September 3, 301. But there were before a lot of kingdoms (not "countries" as we know today).
2007-02-12 07:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how you want to define it. Oldest continuous government would be England. Oldest civilized place (it has had several forms of government) would be Greece. Italy is also extremely old, but the Roman Empire did come after the Greek.
2007-02-12 07:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your definition of a country is that of a unified people having a defined set of borders and a central government then the answer is Greece.
2007-02-13 03:52:04 · answer #4 · answered by bearbrain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think Greece is the oldest european civilisation if thats what you mean.
2007-02-12 07:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by englishfellabloke 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
GREECE
2007-02-12 07:42:27 · answer #6 · answered by sofista 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋