We believe Sumerian civilization first took form in southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BCE—or 6000 years ago—which would make it the first urban civilization in the region. Mesopotamians are noted for developing one of the first written scripts around 3000 BCE: wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets.

Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are the oldest civilizations. Ancient Egypt began in Africa along the Nile River and lasted over 3,000 years from 3150 BCE to 30 BCE. Ancient Mesopotamia began between the Tigris and Euphretes rivers near modern day Iraq.

10/11/2021 · — age-old. What is the name of Mesopotamia? Words “Mesopotamia,” is an old Greek name that is occasionally converted as “the land in between 2 rivers”– the rivers being the Euphrates and also the Tigris, both of which come from eastern Turkey and also circulation southern to the Persian Gulf. Exactly how old is old Mesopotamia? 6000 years

09/09/2021 · By 3000 B.C., Mesopotamia was firmly under the control of the Sumerian people. Sumer contained several decentralized city-states—Eridu, Nippur, Lagash, Uruk, Kish …