because China boasts a recorded history that dates back more than 3,500 years, and the Chinese have endowed the rest of the world with an enduring legacy
the epic of gilgamesh
The epic of Gilgamesh, which is a Babylonian fable, is considered to be the oldest surviving work of fiction.
A very debatable subject, however, I believe that either the Inca or Maya was the first earliest "real" and "organzied" civilization.
The first European civilization was on Crete, so it would be fair to say the Knossos is the oldest Greek city. As for oldest SURVIVING city, I'd go with athens.
Its considered one of the oldest surviving poems.
The Earth's oldest civilization was found in Mesopotamia around 4,000 BC. This was the sight where the Sumerian people lived. It is considered the cradle of civilization.
Ayurvedic medicine is the oldest surviving healing system
the Olmec civilization is the oldest
The oldest largest civilization is the Iroquois
The oldest surviving staircase in the world is Stairways in Persepolis. They were built in 550 B.C.
The oldest known civilization is often considered to be the Sumerian civilization, which existed in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) around 4000 BCE. They are credited with developing writing systems (cuneiform), complex societies, and advanced agricultural practices.
Probably the Bible....