The earliest civilizations developed in regions where agriculture was practiced. The first civilizations emerged in the fertile crescent region of Mesopotamia with the rise of the Sumerian peoples in the 4th millennium BCE.
In the Mesopotamian region, largely in the region where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers intersect.
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It marked the beginning of the earliest 'settled' civilizations in the region between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamia and the Sumerian empire, some 5,500 years ago.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia translates to "land between two rivers" in Greek, referring to the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where one of the earliest civilizations developed.
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The earliest farmers lived in the North Region.
Those are the two rivers in what is now Iraq, which in earlier historical times defined the region of Mesopotamia, which was the site of the earliest civilizations, and which was extremely influential in the evolution of human culture as we know it today.
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The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia were the Babylonians, Akkadians, and the Assyrians. Today the region of Mesopotamia is known as Iraq.