The First Civilization

Reflection: 
We consider Ur to be the first civilization because it was the first place that met all the requirements we later came up with to be what was needed for a civilization.  Like a modern day city, Ur established a hierarchy (AKA a complex institution).  They had rulers, priests, priestesses, and wealthy merchants that held more power over other people.  Also like a modern day city, they had an advanced population- a population with many people.  They had about 65,000 people which is very big especially for their time.  Of course nowadays, we have more advanced technologies than back then but for their time, they had advanced technologies.  They also had record keeping which nowadays is similar to a newspaper or news station.  Nowadays we do still have specialized workers like they did in Ur.  Ur is considered to be the first civilization because it met all the five requirements we count as a civilization today.