Even the story behind the foundation of ancient Rome is the stuff of legend and myth. Did your Bible mentioned how long Adam and Eve lived on Eden (between the time the Earth was created to the point the couple was exiled)? Who cares though. Who were they trading with? I just want to find the truth from independent sources like yourselves if you can help me please. Civilization is a large group of people that has its own system and organization with law, society, architecture, art and others; while Empire is a tyrannical and authoritarian governing place and people that depends on its military might and structure, containing its defensive and offensive security forces. Vinča is first civilization in World is located in Serbia! By 80,000 years ago they have spread to most regions in the Planet except for colder regions of Antartica and Artic and the desert region. Disgraceful. It seems to me that DNA and genetics would be better proof because it is more easily dateable and easier to find old examples. Around the 1200s and early 1300s, the people in present-day Mexico lived in three big rival cities – Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. It is ancient country kangleipak in between eastern tract of India and western tract of Burma presently Myanmar. The discovery of the human remains from Lake Mungo in New South Wales, Australia in 1969 show signs of being one of the oldest known cremations. Ethiopia had its own gold, silver and bronze currencies 2000 years a go. Bravo@ “The real God who created all of us and our surroundings is within you only” Everything else you say is merely speculative and sensational. I recently read a book by Russian author Yuri Shilov stating that the Arattan civilization preceded the Sumerian civilization, and that the center of the Arattan civilization was in modern day Ukraine. By that time none of those you mentioned existed. Now, how long does it take to figure out the phases of the moon and the sun? Finally hypothesis is a word which does not agree with followers of mythologies ( Hinduism ) so to all of you obsessed with some ancient city near Gujarat … Get a life and understand the article. they have the oldest scrolls carved in stone there are 14 of them dating back to 24BC.But it clashs with monden day thoughts. Location: Ayn Ghazal (modern-day Amman, Jordan) \\//, What about keeladi its 300 bc there’s a whole town over there building’s with proper drainage system. Civilization Name: Aztec civilization Period: 1345 AD–1521 AD Original Location: Southcentral region of pre-Columbian Mexico Current Location: Mexico Major Highlights: Nahuatl became the major language. This civilization was a very powerful civilization especially starting from the legendary ancient Queen of Sheba 1000 BC – 600 AD until the first Hijira Muslim emigration from Saudi Arabia to African Nation Ethiopia (Axum). Some people takes certain sacred books as written by God himself. Most believe that Egypt is where bread was first baked 17 000 years ago. Tectonic plates movement is irrelevant here, Pangea existed 175 million years ago. We have been duped by “science” for at least the last 126 years, ever since the findings of Nikola Tesla. By the way, city and civilizations are closely tied. there is so many conflicting opinions on the oldest civilizations. This article (as amateurish as it is) is about oldest Civilizations using our modern definition of such, not oldest settlement/village, oldest language, oldest clay tablets with things scratched on them etc.. A total of 15 statues and 15 busts were found in two separate caches, separated by about 200 years. The oldest of these people lived about 11,000 years ago, the DNA associated with the North American Clovis culture, but only between about 11,000 to 9,000 years ago (when it was replaced) (https://www.livescience.com/64048-ancient-dna-first-americas.html). Open Daily for visits. I was wondering at what time man began his struggle to control his world and those around him. In fact just about every single religion on earth describes “people” coming down from the sky to build the first city and thus civilization began…and with it came slavery and war along with all those other nasty things that came with civilization. science have rediscovered only a few% what is in earth. It was opiniond that international trading had been taking place there. In 1982, through Voyager 2, these translations were proven perfectly correct by corroborating Sitchin’s claim that Neptune and Uranus are WATERY planets, blueish green in colour. I could only find up to around 6000 years ago but still not sure as some may lied. Between 12,000 and 4,000-ish BC you had cultures rather than full blown civilizations. Trade, Diplomacy, government, currency, religion, arts, science/tech, laws, public works, schools, military, medicine, etc. It is what makes up todays societies; and we call ourselves “developed”? Regarding Rome, and especially the Western Roman Empire; it simply transformed into an ’empire of the mind’, under the effective rule of the Roman Catholic Church, where Latin became the language of the court, and common Latin evolved into the Romance languages. “He” or “It”, we don’t know does not watch, or guide us. yet more civilization may come who knows . There has been more then a hint of evidence there may well have been civilizations on earth well over 40,000 year ago; however, as their existence would seem to belie that which the mainstream wants you to believe and which they will go to (and already have) great lengths to dispute or make light of as unlikely, at the least, or totally crazy. Not some human like tribes that existed. He continued to expand the tradition of ancestor worship. We speek advansed sanskrit as we changed alfabet around 4000 years a go, we evolved. Excavations of the site have revealed evidence of prehistoric social organization and cultural practices. Lol. Mesopotamia is considered to be an example of one of the oldest civilizations; it isn’t a large city, rather a region dominated by city-states united by a culture and commercial interests. I’m sorry but this list is simply incorrect, my culture the Australian aboriginals are the oldest culture on earth going back over 50 000 years. And one more actual truth is i wasted time to reply this, so as to teach some sense.. Good effort. What i can conclude from written history is just one thing man trying to outwit one another by all means. But the sudden decline and abrupt end of the Mayans has long been one of ancient history’s most intriguing mysteries: Why did the Mayans, a remarkably sophisticated civilization made up of more than 19 million people, suddenly collapse sometime during the eighth or ninth century? Also: Aboriginal, not Aboriginie. Ancient China – also known as Han China – comes in at number five and doubtlessly has one of the most diverse histories. very true, we are not certain where the first humans existed. In my opinion evidence of the Aborigines having been around for over 50000 years would make then the first known civilization on earth. You better about Jiroft civilization of ancient cities and civilizations Iran Gilan research thanks. The reason is simple : It’s nowhere near as old as you think it is and since you have no proof other than a few assumptions (last time it was on dry land was x years ago) you think that that qualifies as proof.