did civilization begin in africa answers
No it didn't. While homo sapiens first occurred in Africa, civilized people first developed their civilizations in the Near East. Points for Africa: the longest continuous civilization was that of ancient Egypt.Voxygen8 Â· 9 years ago.sker's rating. Report Abuse. Ok, first of all, whether the first civilization was in Africa or not is not relevant to whether people are African nowadays. My direct ancestors a couple of generations back came from Ireland and Finland, but I am not Irish or Finnish, I'm American.