Question

Where did the earliest civilizations emerge

Answer 1

The first of these Agrarian civilizations formed in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.

Answer 2

The earliest major civilization developed in Sumer, which occupied the marshlands of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. As early as 3500 B.C., under the leadership of their priest-kings, the Sumerians learned to work together to control the flooding of the two great rivers.