Sumer was the first ancient urban Civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages, and arguably the first Civilization in the world. 5500.
Modern historians have suggested that Sumer was first permanently settled between c.
The Earliest texts come from the cities of Uruk and Jemdet Nasr and date back to 3300 BC; early cuneiform writing emerged in 3000 BC. 3500 BC.
Proto-writing in the region dates back to c.
Sumer was the first ancient urban Civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages, and arguably the first Civilization in the world