How many ancient civilizations were there

Many Egyptians were black Africans. Based on current genomic studies, all human life first was grounded in Africa.

India is full of different kinds of old civilizations. There is some evidence they may be even older by an order of magnitude. The smartest folks admit how little they know.

My perspective is that we have yet to develop a civilization. Civilized people do not mess up the place they live or debase and kill each other. I agree. Leave your skin color and ethnic pride at the door and instead open your minds to real facts, not distorted ones.

Brian, you have made the most sense since I had the courage to read this thread. Only the facts matter! We were never there 4, or 5, years ago. Also, when we continue to promote our own uncertain and sometimes misguided views about something that we know nothing about then we muddy the waters.

And then everyone becomes blind to any truth that we might glean from any sensible discussion. The blind cannot lead the blind. And by the way, the article has son many inaccuracies that I have decided to ignore it altogether. Remember, only the facts matter! Many blessings to everyone. The Adams Calender in Southern Africa has been dated over , yrs old a group of ppl wouldnt built something like that but a civilization would unless it was the so called Annunaki who created hunans to mind gold as the so called story goes.

Being these people came up with the calendar and writing, and are still around, it is safe to go by what they say and go by in regards to the ancient times, since they were the only ones around, recording history. This year the Assyrians just celebrated the year Mind you, who knows how long after their existance, that the calendar even appeared.

If a flood happened like the Bible says, then they are even much older than the calendar date. Before mocking me saying the Bible, the first recorded book ever written is the Epic of Gilgamesh and this also refers to global flood. But one thing that you failed to mention…. People migrate! The nations on Assariyia of antiquity you named them right but they were Africans! They descend from Ham!

Does it really matter — which one is old and which is the oldest! Academic discourse and interactions are always good. The Maghreb or western North Africa on the whole is believed to have been inhabited by Berbers from at least 10, B. Others were found in Tadrart Acacus in the Libyan desert. A Neolithic society, marked by domestication and subsistence agriculture, developed in the Saharan and Mediterranean region the Maghreb of northern Africa between B.

C and B. Prehistorical Tifinagh scripts were also found in the Oran region. During the pre-Roman era, several successive independent states Massylii existed before the king Masinissa unified the people of Numidia. I am from Afghanistan and our Bamian buth Idol is approx years old. Important for me is how are we taking this world to our next generation who will be our grand grand children and how should we behave and help each others as humans. I just want to know how far can I find my Afghan blood back ground and my far grand dads.

I am pashtun. I could only find up to around years ago but still not sure as some may lied. I just want to find the truth from independent sources like yourselves if you can help me please. Hi Dawod, Pashtun are most likely the the lost tribes of Israel.

When the Assyrian conquered the Norther Kingdom of Israel, they deported its inhabitant to Afghanistan. Let me know if you require further evidence of this claim. Which Pastun tribe are you from? The Pushtan belongs to a haplo group that migrated from India…. They have had more recent studies show that The Pashtun share the genetic markers with the Jewish people. India was historically known as Bharat and was never unified, it was divided in s of kingdoms.

Pakistan is proven to have ancient history. Indus Valley Civilisation originated around river Indus in present day Pakistan. Proud moment for us Pakistanis.

Not true. Including pakistan and afghanistan. And ut wasnt s it was much less. It was only small kingdoms after the mogul invasions and vritish ones too. And the people in pakistan used to be indians, and so were the indus people. Or did we foregt to mention to you that in Hinduism our actual holy book never talk about one God over head, and the other gods of hinduism are merely representstion of nature, we still belive in one God.

Problem is thay you people can never accept that some other civilization already had been doing something great before you started thumping your chest.

Indian civilization statrted roughly around 5k, Yrs i am talking of the modern one, which you still see in India we were protected from Invaders by our position, desert on one side, Himalayas on one side and Ocean on anothers, so we had time to settle down and think about science and since we never followed one book or one concept of a God, this was a society of seekers and not believers thats why we reached that height, oh but wait you never read this did you?

May be you need to read the writings of Atheist historians of the west who were not weighed down by Bible. Something is unclear. We are still moving and I m damn sure after thousand years if we will exist than no land gonna this present shape which we all see in maps.

We can discuss only upto now but I am waiting for new discoveries which will be never gonna end. We can discuss only upto now but I am waiting for new discoveries which will never come to halt. I find this all very interesting. I was wondering at what time man began his struggle to control his world and those around him.

Religion has certainly been used to control, and is now the major tool being fought over. Western civilization is certainly in control now and trying to hold on to that control. It manipulates the world and the people in ways seen and unseen. Have they killed and conquered to push their views? Do they suppress and reject other views? Right now we Westerners to create wars to create power and control.

Before we wanted to control the region to control the oil…how radical were they? All I know is that humans are lost. The places we look are often places others invent, or tell us to look.

Love and respect seem to me two very good universal concepts. Being controlled by those hungry to retain power…and to increase power…to keep truth hidden. Great people have come into this world and spoke of Peace…and have been killed for it.

Peace is an idea…but you need a map to get there. We are all connected and part of something…and we can create so many wonderful things…but look what we do with them…sell them…use them wrongfully… Sad is all… We are capable of so much more…. It all hinges on your definition of civilization. There may have been many cultures, but no civilization yet.

By this definition, probably the Sumerian or Akkadian civilizations were the first, coming into being around B. Early pyramids called ziggurats were recently unearthed in Egypt. These date back to 7, B. A bone flute was recently found in China that dates to about the same time, 7, B. Dear Adikari, Its interesting. If possible come down to Sri Lanka. Its a country with large number of historical monuments that speaks of very advanced ancient civilization.

I was in the process of writing a paper on ancient irrigation systems of Sri Lanka and accidentally came across your work. According to information gathered by me so far, the aborigines who lived here have moved onto agriculture as far back as years. The excavations done by the sri lankan archaeological department in the ancient city Anuradhapura has found ruins of a small city dating back to the period as far as to BC.

It was opiniond that international trading had been taking place there. The man made water reservoirs net work that covered up the part of the island was a first in the world. It might definitly help you. Asoka Dias Weerasingha. Even we Indians respect Ravana of Sri Lanka to be a great philosopher and consider him to be one of Brahma, creator.

No use of fighting ourshelves on proving which and whoose civilization is oldest or true ir great whatever. But we all know fact can never be hide.

All we know today about civilization is from scientific proof ,excavation , and scripture and fossils else. Hi Mukesh chauhan, You are right to a fault. Yes, there is more than modern science and it has been proven by the translations of the Sumerian Clay Tablets, written in Cuneiform Language. A great man, Zecharia Sitchin decesed , started publishing these translation in with very controversial claims.

Our Astrologer until than had claimed them to be rocky, or gaseous. How did Sitchin know this? Our Astrologers downgraded Pluto from its title as a planet recently! The Sumerians claim that there is a 12th planet called Nibiru, a Red Dwarf sun with its own planets, circling our Sun every years. Yesterday I heard the Canadian CBC News reporting that Astrologers had found that there must be another, they claim 9th planet out there, 10 times the size of Earth and circling our sun every 10 to 20 years.

The size might be right but the timespan is wrong. If you look throughout History, mankind has had immense technical advances every years. Thus, what you call God is really gods from outer space. We always venerate beings who help us and dominate us, the gods from Outer Space.

The real God who created all of us and our surroundings is within you only. The only evidence us humans have of him is ourselves and our surroundings. It has been arranged so that we, everyone of us, is responsible for what happens and what we do. The so called God is not going to help us unless we help ourselves. Does that make sense to you? We have been mislead Millennia ago to believe that these creatures, called Anunnaki, are gods but they where our creators and deceived us into believing them.

Read the Books of Zecharia Sitchin and Michael Tellinger, they will open your eyes wider than you ever immagined. All that religious hocus pocus has been designed to suppress your mind and keep you being a slave!

Since god does not want you to, think out of the box and get a mind of your own. It just might surprise you! Absolute lies!! Before a list like this is published, they should note the criteria in which they are defining a Civilization.

I would like to know what or whom is the oldest civilization ever discovered. Through my research it seems to be Dwarka. Can someone give me information to the contrary? I know there have been possible farming communities that have dated some 60 to 70 thousand years. I would appreciate any help in this area.

You better about Jiroft civilization of ancient cities and civilizations Iran Gilan research thanks. Who said the results in Mesopotamia to be part of Persian civilization, I doubt the opposite is true.

Thanks to the honest researchers and historians as Iraq now is very weak and can speak and show their bright ancient picture. My brother, the people of Iraq and Iran are very close and intertwined when it comes to history. Go back even further and you realize that we were the same people separated by a language and a little solution of both our blood.

So your history does not stop with Mesopotamia, but it also continues with your brothers and sisters in the Persian and Iranian culture. No one can change the history. It is part of the culture of Iraq where Mesopotamia, and all the great architecture of the sumerians exist.

My sisters and brothers! My dear nerdy friends. Everything is a lie! Enjoy your journey , become a living God. Love is universal law, but to grasp it , become free first, I mean really free of everything , starting with stripping yourself off your national pride, lol, you understand it constitutes your absence, my best regards , love you all. I really worried that we all fighting with each others like who is superior among us.

Whatever might be the arguments regarding oldest civilisations, race, religion or any sort of divisions that we have with in us. Throw out all these complexities and just think a while that we all are same humans. We all are the sons and daughters of this mother Earth. Only we created borders and territories between nations and not God nor our mother Earth. Whether it is Africa or Europe or Asia or North America or South America or Australia, all these continents are been seen as diversity of land masses but in reality all comprises within this globe.

If there is a quarrel between siblings in a home they will fight with each other, but assume if there is a quarrel between their neighbours do we think that these two will keep fighting each other? Absolutely no, they will become allies and now the fight will starts between their house and neighbouring house. The same concept will apply for street, area, province or state, then nation. Beyond to this point with whom do we fight yet?

If we get a life threat from aliens, do we still continue to fight among each other or else will take a remedial action to save our entire man kind along with other living creatures? Life is very beautiful to love and live it but we all losing the same. I believe whatever might be the number of religions that exist but all the religions preach us to live a harmonious life and to keep peace within us. Last but not the least, just imagine what we all can able to do if a huge meteor strikes our mother Earth and costs all the lives.

Who else will be left out to make quarrels? If still there is a one or more been hurt, for them here is my sincere apologies.

Tamil, I like and appreciate what you have to say. I carry the same ideals. If you truly speak from the heart, no one has any right to judge. This is all interesting; some of it funny, and some of it insulting. Anyway, here goes a curve ball to you all: The Mayan calendar the long-count calendar — there are other shorter ones covers a period of about 1, years of the modern, Gregorian calendar.

In of these counts ended and a new one started. I have to check my records, but I believe this is the 3rd or 4th cycle that is being kept track of. How old is that??? Yet archeologists and historians only place the Mayan civilization about BC; this has been changing over the years, one of the latest ones says about BC. Anyway, how long does it take for an educated person to realize that the phases of the moon repeat monthly?

Does it take one month? Of course not, it takes quite a few months. Now, how long does it take to figure out the phases of the moon and the sun?

Does it take one year? Of course not! Now, how long does it take to be aware and figure out a period of 1, years??? The oldest we know for now is Vinca culture and Starcevo… Old Arian European civilization that you hide from the all charts of this kind…. Great written shortened history thesis. Thank you for your trouble in doing so. I printed it out, so I can keep it in my bookshelf.

This is a summary of very much studying and research. Well done. As for the fools looking at the comments who does not understand the word civilization in the context you try to depict it, I feel sorry. All other civilizations have come from any of these, Greece is a copy of the Phoenician, which is Canaan successor, in a correct list without white chauvinism she was not even in the top What about the Armenian Civilization?

Pay attention that first leather shoes y. The Iranian people many different cultures is always mentioned without the true wealth of the culture and the contributions given to the world are always overlooked, unfortunately, the Armenians hey it way worse. Armenians are an ancient civilization, with an ancient language and culture.

This is part of the reason Armenia has the highest literacy rate on the world — fact. This is so that the world may forget, but not the Armenian people. I grew up with a lot of Parskahye. Armenians are a proud and honorable people that have maintained their culture throughout the Armenian diaspora. Still claiming that Mesopotamia was the first? Not to mention how preposterous it is to claim understanding of Egyptian history; since no one truly does. We should call it how it really is: Guess Work; instead of pretending that we know everything about everything definitively.

Shame shame shame.. They should not start the article saying that we are not. Its an insult. And the most important actually. Because even words all around the world vocabulary are based in greek. What about the kushite civilization in Africa, particularly Sudan? I am proud because I of the oldest civilizations of the world Iraq..

We invented wars and agriculture laws, human rights and animal invention of writing.. Come to Iraq is not afraid of the security situation is bad.. Old and great, Iran is. Some of the arguments made here are needless and based on need for pride. Civilization is born when it takes over living, evolving culture. It becomes monolithic, bureaucratic in one way or the other, and static in its arts.

I like all old cultures, the stirrings of tribal cultures, which probably were the very first and most important way of survival. Who knows definitively the first civilization? For sure, there were many great cultures, and in many ways they are more interesting. To me, it is important that people belong to a culture, a language, a nation, and before that, a tribe, clan and family. There are many unknown things. All reminders of progenitors, or very early ancestors are moving, as are remnants of their culture or civilization.

We are all related to some extent, all people, and as people, as carriers of life, with all other living things. Some things may have developed earlier, but as in all endeavours, be it philosophy, science, art, mathematics, everything is built on the shoulders of those who came before. So we should not think that we are so much more intelligent than people at other times or consider ourselves so much more advanced.

In many ways we may lag behind earlier peoples or ways of apprehending the world. Vying for credit as to who started this or that first in a way is pointless, unless it is a historical record. We can say the first organic elements, or the single-celled organism started first.

What is very interesting how many elements of stories of origins, or sacred stories, circulate among peoples in one way or another. Did God write sacred books? Some people takes certain sacred books as written by God himself. I say that people, inspired, and with sudden insight, wrote under that apprehension which must have been almost like something had taken hold of them and dictated what they were writing. In this way, it is spiritual, and if God, whatever the form or type of being, can be said to be anything beyond all powerful and of infinite existence, then surely God is a spiritual being.

I am not a scholar, but have always been interested in the intersections between so called pagan religions, myths, and more formalized religions. Usually, there are seeds of truth to myths, and in total, everything is a way of reaching for that one undefined power and source of creativity. This is written as I have read a few pages here and there, and there is no thought out theory or program in my words.

The oldest civilization in the world founded in Iran , kerman province , jiroft city. The jiroft civilization belongs to B. The first and the mother of all is much more oldest then BC! Mesopotamia is active in persian land and it has not related Arabic culture specially in that time. Zagrose is name of mountain in iran. And you can feel it and that is el odio. What your text shows is your lack of information about Iranian history.

So that civilization in every corner of this vast land is older than the other. Do it about The city is burned, do you know anything? In my opinion, when one can only understand the civilization of Iran, As much as understanding the entire civilizations you named.

The positive impact of any Iranian ruling dynasty on Iran Human progress has not been found in any civilization. There is something in the other civilizations of some kind of selfishness. Summerian writings, their own records say they migrated from Africa…. Egyptian records say they migrated from more interior of Africa….

And white supremacy will do anything, still to this day, to try to cover up that confession….. Africans travelled the world while most other nations were just jumping off the front porch! The olmecs were the first advanced civilizations in the americas and they have African origins! The phonecians Canaanite Babylonian assyriasns all descend from Ham! They were Africans! Look into these things for yourself and you will see that I do not exaggerate not one time.

The entire continent of Africa sits on the African plate and Arabia, sits on its own plate called the Arabian plate. Arabia is geographically Asia. I do not believe that the Turkish are older than the ancient Greeks, that is what i have been told.

However, the region was seized by the Persians around BCE. By the time Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire some two hundred years later, most of the Mesopotamian cities and culture had been supplanted.

The Jiahu settlement is located in the central plain of ancient China, an area known today as the Henan Province. One of the most remarkable discoveries was the bone flute which is considered the oldest working musical instrument. Typically carved from the wing bone of a crane, these flutes were most likely used in special ceremonies. It is assumed that the Jiahu people left their home to settle elsewhere, even though there is no indication as to where that might have been.

The indigenous peoples of Australia were the inhabitants of mainland Australia and its islands before the arrival of European colonizers. It is generally believed that they originally came from Southeast Asia during a time when sea levels were low and land bridges more extensive. Research indicates that they are the oldest civilization on earth.

The earliest human remains can be traced back approximately 50, years; however, inconclusive data suggests they might have been around as far back as 80, years ago. Once the Europeans arrived, they occupied the entire continent and spoke more than different languages. Since then, they have endured immense persecution and have experienced the erasure of much of their culture and traditions.

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