Note: many countries have had multiple dynasties over the course of recorded history. You cannot create large cities in the middle of desert if there is no water supply to support the populations – which is why the major cities in Ancient Worlds created around major rivers like Nile, Eurates, Ganges and Yangtze. None were smarter than the other and these are all circumstantial. What makes the difference, is what we DEFINE ourselves. There is no family of our Nation with Indus and nowday Sanskrit users, exept “ewolved” sanskrit alfabet of our brother coutrys. You forgot about The Cucuteni culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucuteni-Trypillian_culture a bit older older than sumerian. How come it isn’t mentioned here when it is one of the oldest civilizations and is even older than the Egyptian civilization. Even we Indians respect Ravana of Sri Lanka to be a great philosopher and consider him to be one of Brahma, creator. The Yellow River civilization is said to be the beginning of the entire Chinese civilization as this is where the earliest dynasties were based. What country was inbetween Sumer and Persia? These are the 6 qualifiers of a civilization. Oldest Monarchy In The World. History(ιÏÏοÏία-istoria) knows better. 80,000 yrs – the Super Volcano Mt. Ramayana is just a mythological story. But sometimes, you might have to include things you donât want to include, or maybe not even like. This is why people of Madagascar and Indonesia have similarities just like the Aboriginal and South Indian/Sri Lankan have similarities. hindu culture itself has no roots if u look in a practical manner. During the pre-Roman era, several successive independent states (Massylii) existed before the king Masinissa unified the people of Numidia. 1 decade ago. What about Ancient Troy in Asia Minor in present day northern part of Turkey? It refers to the area where some of the first civilizations arose, and is usually associated with the Sumer, Assyrians, and Babylonians. No use of fighting ourshelves on proving which and whoose civilization is oldest or true ir great whatever. Indus Valley Civilisation originated around river Indus in present day Pakistan. Norway is both a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. They were using metal tools, planned cities, water and land management as well as have proper government. Just think about that for a while! Th… What’s there in Keezhadi to see by the immense visitors daily? The problem is that Gobelki Tepe wasn’t a city, and the purpose of building it then burying the entire thing, and even which civilization is responsible for building it are unknown or still being debated. There is a writing on the tomb walls . It contained laws that we have only recently been âgranted.â Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to protest your âgovernment,â to name a few. 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. We are still moving and I m damn sure after 5000 thousand years if we will exist than no land gonna this present shape which we all see in maps. Actually this is false, TAMIL is an OFF SHOOT of Sumerian culture when the sumers fled north after the babylonian invasion. Absolutely no, they will become allies and now the fight will starts between their house and neighbouring house. The default response by ‘archaeo-scientists’ is reminiscent of a comedy sketch Rorschach Test: ‘It’s about your mother’ is replaced by, ‘It’s a religious site’, it’s ‘Evidence of deity worship/goddess worship/ancient matriarchial society’. Nice article. All religion is a symptom in society. My philosophical engineering concept @ practicals of real world : For a human one simple word , hence it should be one simple life of freedom @ no life . This allowed them to travel around Africa to Goa, India in 1400s and then to Malacca by 1500s and finally reach China and Japan by 1600s – something that Indian and Chinese traders had been doing since 1st AD. Specifically, the most recent evidence comes from Gadachrili gora, near the village of Imiri in the same region; carbon-dating points to the date of about 6000 BC. So there! It is also important to note, aboriginals were the first out of Africa migration, or correctly the only surviving one, as humans were largely wiped out (middle east/ India subcontinent, East Asia to a fraction of the population by an unknown event – and so ‘rebooted’ out of Africa migration for several thousands of years. So its conceivable that there could have been at least earliest cultures and civilizations in Africa older than the rest of the world. Then, if the ‘urban’ Liangzhu culture is accounted for, even though they may not have been ‘ethnically Chinese’, that would extend ‘Chinese civilisation’ back to around 3500BCE, making Chinese civilisation around 5500y.o. Bob, How do you know they had no wars if we have very little historical evidence of them? There are many unknown things. “Conclusions arrived at after carrying out these underwater archaeological explorations support and validate the dates arrived at through astronomical calculations. A defeat in this decisive battle eventually led to the fall of the once-famous Aztec Empire. I thank you so much for such a contribution. My passion to know from everything from the Day earth and sun rose up mountains got settle down, sea cover up the face of earth till Day of Judgement arrives. The supposed end date was December 21, 2012. go and read more. Hey great list, but people in the comments are incredibly biased or misunderstood. We donât know… what we donât knowâ¼ï¸. 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)? A pandemic hasn’t stopped many of the world’s wealthiest dynasties adding to their fortunes. We are one of the oldest ones in the world aswell. There is plenty of evidence from linguistics, pottery, pollen studies, DNA, and countless other sciences that validate the fact that some Mesoamerican cultures flourished as far back as 12,000 years ago. yay! Nothing of this sort happened overnight but over thousands of years. But all sides of this debate need to take a chill pill and allow science to be disciplined enough to only “formally” except what there is evidence for. \\//, What about keeladi its 300 bc there’s a whole town over there building’s with proper drainage system. The “God” I know is our consciousness and everything that is on Earth and in the Universe! Africa is the most genetically diverse continent. So far the âclickâ languages, particularly that of the San, are regarded as the most ancient. Does it take one year? But who speek sanskrit- cant understand much from our nowday language, as we set up much rools for corecting gramer. I am not a scholar, but have always been interested in the intersections between so called pagan religions, myths, and more formalized religions. While you are at it stop at Luxor and take a tour in all of the Temples along the Nile River. It does not prove that the Armenians were the first civilization or the oldest, merely a byproduct of several races or group of people. The history of this civilization is spread over such a long period of time that historians have divided it into different periods, the most popular of them being the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. All Indian Languages immerged from Sanskrit. Only the afrocentrist say that. Hey rain, those “mythologies” created the modern number and place value system including zero. Year Founded: c.935 AD If Dwarka city was and is the oldest city ever discovered and as you say 32000-100000 years old, then the next oldest civilization would be the Sumerian civilization and the Epic of the Anunnaki would either be crap or the Anunnaki have started mankind off much earlier than the 40,000 years others have talked about. Existed along with Egypt, Persia and Mesopotamian coutries. It's estimated it was founded as early as 1100 A.D., although local oral history says people have lived there "forever." But in all it is best to remember that the study of history has only one real purpose and that is to learn from our past mistakes and grow together towards a brighter future. Summerian writings, their own records say they migrated from Africa….Egyptian records say they migrated from more interior of Africa….the Middle East is a man made word by white supremacist for the simple fact that the Middle East sits on the African tatonic plates and white supremacist did not want to state the fact that the “holy cities” are in Africa! so much ignorance unleashed in these comments. Indus Valley civilisation is majority in Present day Pakistan (also in North Eastern Afghanistan, North west India, Eastern Iran). The Aborigines seemed to be the most civilized people on the planet, until “civilization” showed up. Now that we know that the new world wasn’t that new, we’re in the process of rewriting a more accurate account of history. Instead of being biased based on your or someone else’s ethnicity, look at facts and then use those fact to prove your point. My dear nerdy friends. Hi Mukesh chauhan, You are right to a fault. The authors of these studies suggested that the San may have been one of the first populations to differentiate from the most recent common paternal ancestor of all extant humans, the so-called Y-chromosomal Adam by patrilineal descent, estimated to have lived 60,000 to 90,000 years ago. Hah,what about ancient Nubia? and Again it flourished in a better condition. The current emperor of Japan is Emperor Akihito, who ascended the throne on January 7, 1989; his heir and eldest son is Crown Prince Naruhito. Just as an example, there was a civilization located high in the Andes known as Tiahuanaco. I expect eventually to be confirmed a civilization, with no race or creed for anyone to claim, they were merely homo superior, our ancestors from ~2-3billion BCE when the Sun burned a little cooler, from Venus… ;) Adieu, Why do you mention ancient Egyptians but leave out their neighbors, the ancient Nubians/Kingdom of Kush, who built more and older pyramids located in modern Sudan and also conquered the Egyptians at one point in time. Started wars and wreaked havoc all over the world. Language, old or new is but a tool for communication. I know there have been possible farming communities that have dated some 60 to 70 thousand years. There wasnât even an Iraq before 1932. Even the Armenians in modern day Iran are an old civilization in itself! Think about that!! 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. Let me know if you require further evidence of this claim. Check under the pyramids. Examples of civilizations most people giving are of that, including toys, buildings, utilities, idols but do not have the consistency as the top three in this list. Human civilization should not be classified as we have done in our attempt to know different ancient tribes who lived in a compact area. There seems to be many inaccuracies, misinformation, and omitted information in your article. There is a Vimana Shashtra which gives ideas, models and designs of aprrox. science have rediscovered only a few% what is in earth. The Sumerian Civilization (5000 BCE to 1750 BCE) existed at the same time as the Indus Valley/ Harrapan Civlization (5000 BCE to 1500 BCE). And there are many theories about what they were used for. Mayan ,German , Peru, Turkish, Bonesia, Indus Valley , Ganges , Nile River , the Yellow River, the Tamil civilizations . Pakistan is proven to have ancient history. The House of Dulo or Dulo Clan reigned from 2137 BC until 753 AD, ruling the early Bulgars for 2,890 years. I truly appreciate your time, effort, knowledge and delightful way the work you provided us had been displayed, thank you. And all the Goddess societies between 1/2 million years bce – 65,000 bce. Very thought-provoking. Thank you for the post. In 2012 of these counts ended and a new one started. Prehistorical Tifinagh scripts were also found in the Oran region. These mega-ton stones, according to the scientists who discovered them, are not of natural formation; but were rather “made” carried through a densely forested area and raised in rows of approximately 100 yards at a total elevation of almost 140 forty feet from the ground. Neil Bohr(father of modern atomic theory), Heisenberg and many other modern days scientists had committed that they got idea of this kind of sciences from HIndu Vedas. check Stonehenge. I think he didn’t Read About Tamil Civilization. yet more to be discovered . Vying for credit as to who started this or that first in a way is pointless, unless it is a historical record. We ASSume too much to begin to build our theories on. Lol. We can say the first organic elements, or the single-celled organism started first. You people from third world, or religious groups that want to support your 3rd world legends that go back to TRIBAL and or ANIMAL history, need to lighten up. The country’s current King, Harald V, is a descendant of the House of Glücksburg, which began ruling in 1905. From the very cradle of civilization to the modern day, what we have become is a result of all civilizations that came before. Academic discourse and interactions are always good. There are a lot of reasons why any place would become submerged. We are all God’s children, whether you are from India, Africa, Europe, North/South America, etc, and we will all pass on some day. And it is “funny” that every 3600 years there was a sudden increase in mankind’s knowledge until modern times and we acquired our own knowledge and manifold it within a very short time, historically speaking. Another cradle of civilization perhaps? Our Astrologers downgraded Pluto from its title as a planet recently! 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…. Breeding programs and such. I disagree with the notion that Civilization is just an extension of a city. Gobekli Tepe and the yet to be explored regions of South and Central America are great examples of the newest information. There are other old civilizations not listed here. Micheal Servetus (1511 – 1553) – burned alive for wanting the Church to reformed. There’s a lot of people trying to make the argument that certain groups, older than the one listed, have been left off this list. Therefore, northeast of zagros is still in Iran. Love and respect seem to me two very good universal concepts. I found the work you’ve provided here to be very informative, enlightening, with very little to no error, tis well presented for the public. Werner von Braun, one of the staunchest NAZI’s there ever were! Human civilization has come a long way from an age when there were no defined means of communication and hunting was the primary source of food. first civilization was in India). You did not include the oldest one which is the oldest civilization in the human history. The evidence are piling up. What about the Nubian civilisation that’s widely ignored by European archaeologists to propagate the notion of Africans as uncivilised . Most agree that the Sumerians were the VERY first to take the stage as the first Civilisation and then the Assyrians, Babylonians and other followed suite. The conquering and colonisation by the west had a devastating impact on the destruction altogether. Anyway, how long does it take for an educated person to realize that the phases of the moon repeat monthly? Dispelling many myths as we move along. Interesting to know other comments. Something is unclear. Everyone fights for which civilization is the oldest, but it’s a fact that the oldest one is the Thracian – 6500 BC. Oh and with a cursory look at the other comments I completely forgot the Aboriginal people. has been lost/forgotten too). However, China has not always been the country we know today. this is mostly because of religious belief and the powers that be hiding the truth. All our finds are after this period. Top Answer. Today, there are less than 45 monarchies remaining in the world and most of the ruling monarchs have no real power over their countries. They were polite, reasonable, and respectful, pleasant and comfortable and didn’t need to be managed, organized or controlled. All evidences proofed that pharaohs are black Nubian including the dna which means the giant pyramids of Egypt you can see today were built by Nubian. Civilization Name: Greek civilization Period: 2700 BCâ479 BC Original Location: Italy, Sicily, North Africa, and as far west as France Current Location: Greece Major Highlights: Concepts of democracy and the Senate, the Olympics. It also made buttons, swimming pools, plumbing (thats right it was not the romans), plastic surgery (as a punishment), 3 major religions today (buddhism, jainism, and sikhism are all descended from hinduism), and two of the oldest languages on earth, one of which is still spoken today (tamil). Unbelievable youguys left out the African civilizations e.g,Ethiopia,Cush. They are only created by mankind to suppress mankind and not to favour you. So, given that the oldest winery is about 6100 years old, the people of that area must already have been highly organised, even ‘civilised’ to be able to maintain an industry that requires permanent settlement; which gives good credence to their culture. The positive impact of any Iranian ruling dynasty on Iran Human progress has not been found in any civilization. Year Founded: 660 BCE (according to legend, but cited as the official founding date) there must be evidence to proof that they existed, as you guy said they build temple and stuff, there must be some ruin hidden somewhere to prove this is real, so find the evidence and everyone around the world believe u, not being jealous here but just a lover to all the history and wont entertained people who talks about one ancient civilization but without hard evidence, Dwaraka might just be myth legend to me and might be real. âHeâ or âItâ, we donât know does not watch, or guide us. [b]They found that the Armenians are a mix of ancient populations [/b] whose descendants now live in Sardinia, Central Asia and several other regions. Dear Bob, Absolutely true. [10] Because the Y chromosome is highly conserved between generations, this type of DNA test is used to determine when different subgroups separated from one another, and hence their last common ancestry. what about kingdom of Axum isn’t amazing and ancient that have their own writing alphabets and numbering. RAM sethu is now an under water bridge linking India and Sri Lanka. How about the possibility that depictions/caricatures of humans and idealisations of human form are not much different from ‘then’ until ‘now’? Still alive in people of Slovakia Czech Poland Serbia Croatia Ukraine Russia Belarus Bulgaria Slovenia etc. when did the Alex collier born? (Even English is about 50% Latin derived). these are places and things no human could have made with as little knowledge we are led to believe that our ppl had back then. The first human existed probably around 200,000 YA. We have been Brainwashed ever since the creation of mankind. I have to point out that you have forgotten about one old civilization. If anyone study geography than you all should know that we were the part of one land ” Godvana Land” and then due to the tectonic plates we weee differentiated and developed our different civilization. Year Founded: 751 AD as an Imamate; current Sultanate was established in 1749 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. I’m just giving props where props is due! They what they feel is the criteria for The Greatest Civilizations” Only after that, they can give their opinion on the matter. Visited last year when we did Peru, plenty of civilizations in Peru before the Inca’s. Great people have come into this world and spoke of Peace…and have been killed for it. Possible ways of measuring size include area, population, economy, and power. Year Founded: 871 AD or 1066 AD Yes the 10 oldest civilizations of the past 10,000 years that would be more accurate.. Now when you look at the 10,000+ year old temple structure in Turkey, the 10,000+ year old sunken city off the coast of Japan, recognize Dwarka is at least 10,000 years old, the water erosion marks on the Sphinx, the ancient writings that say Khufu repaired the pyramids he didin’t build them…..understand that you have 1000’s of megoliths and artifacts around the globe that none of the above civilizations were capable of builiding…”Hey look at this crappy Mayan structure with all the little rocks and mortar, but that giant smooth cut 100 ton megolith behind it , that was built by cavemen!” The Hiawatha 50mile wide comet hit Greenland 12,800 years ago and wiped out whatever civilization came before us, that or some other natural disaster which rose the sea level and created the flood story of every culture around the world.