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    What was the first country in the world named?

    Question #109704. Asked by animelover33. (Oct 11 09 8:10 PM)


    queproblema

    		By some definitions, we could say Sumer.

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    Sumer

    Sumerian: ki-engir
    Akkadian: shumerum

    Country in southeastern Mesopotamia, corresponding to modern southern Iraq.
    It is the birthplace for the first civilization in world history. The history of Sumer is counted as lasting from about 3500 BCE until 2000 BCE, where after other cultures, based upon the Sumerian, continued the civilization.
    http://i-cias.com/e.o/sumer.htm

    Oct 12 09, 2:44 AM
    Arpeggionist

    		The first "country" or geographic region mentioned in the Bible is "Shin'ar", corresponding to Sumer or Babylon (Genesis 10-11). The first real "country" described in the Bible, however, is Egypt, where the Pharaonic tradition, according to archeologists, goes back a good few thousand years BCE...

    Oct 12 09, 4:19 AM

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