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Question: Is the African civilization the oldest civilization in the world!?
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This is a trick question!.

Let me help you out with this!.!.!.!.

There is NO SUCH THING as an African Civilization!.
Africa is a HUGE continent with many very different type of people!.

Therefore Africa has today and has had in the past MANY different civilizations!.!.!.!.!.!.many different types of people!.!.!.!.!.many different colors of people!.!.!.!.many different ethnic backgrounds of people!.

As of today!.!.!.!.!.the discovery of the EARLIEST sign of humankind seems to have developed WITHIN the continent of Africa!.

The definition of civilization is!.!.!.!.!.

1 a: a relatively high level of cultural and technological development ; specifically : the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained b: the culture characteristic of a particular time or place
2: the process of becoming civilized
3 a: refinement of thought, manners, or taste b: a situation of urban comfort

So!.!.!.the question IS was early man civilized!? Not according to the definition of civilization!.

The earliest civilizations that arose in the world developed in the late fourth and the third millennia BC in parts of Asia and north Africa!. Basically the Babylonia's and the Egyptians and the Indus Valley!.!.!.!.and their earlier counterparts!.

African Civilization is NOT Egyptian Civilization!.!.!.!.!.!.!.so your answer would be NO, African civilization is NOT the oldest civilization in the world!.

Egyptians had NOTHING in common with the Tribal Bushman of Kalahari!.!.!.!.!.not even genetics!.
But Egyptians had a lot in common with the people to their east outside of Africa!.!.!.!.like Sumerians for example!.

Think of it this way!.!.!.!.what we call the Holy Land and the Middle East!.!.!.!.with Egypt on the far west border and Northwest India on the far east border!.!.!.!.!.that area is what we call the Cradle of Civilization!.!.!.!.the origin of Civilization as WE define it!.

But the remains of one of the earliest forms of modern humans have been found in places like Kenya, Ethopia,etc!.!.!.!.that would make Africa the Cradle of Humanity!.!.!.not Civilization!.

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Africa is considered the birthplace of Humanity but it's NOT a civilization!. The first "civilization" was in the Near-East, Mesopotamia aka the Sumerians!. Do you know some ancient buildings, arts or literature from Africa!?!?!? (which is a continent with many countries and culture)!. After Sumerians cames the Egyptians (which is located in North Africa)!.

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Africa is considered the birthplace of Humanity, I guess you could say its the oldest civilization on the planet, not exactly the terms i'd use mind!. Www@QuestionHome@Com