Message #46731

[Jitendra Hydonus]

The Sumerian city of Uruk was the oldest inhabited civilized city in the world, between 6000 and 4000 BC. Writing was first used here and spread throughout the world. The name Iraq is derived from it, and the first literary epic in history, the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, was also written here. The first poultry was domesticated here, and with the establishment of the irrigation system, the first agriculture began here.

The question that I have; was this the first or rather the end of an even greater civilization prior to this?