I believe it was the city of Babylon. Or it might have neen a Sumerian city in the same vicinity of south, central Iraq.
Eridu Eridu was the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia, founded c. 5400 BCE. Located 12 km southwest of Ur, Eridu was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian cities that grew about temples, almost in sight of one another. In Sumerian mythology, Eridu was founded by the Sumerian deity Enki, later known by the Akkadians as Ea.
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"The Cradle of Civilization" "Mesopotamia" "Assyria" "Iraq" Any of these what you're looking for?
Mesopotamia was in the fertile crescent and Mesopotamia means "between the to rivers".
That whole region was known as Mesopotamia for thousands of years until fairly recently (end of WWI). The name means 'between two rivers'.SumeriaBabyloniaMesopotamia
The first civilization was Mesopotamia.The Atlantean one, if you consider prehistory.The Sumerian if you don't.the first civilization was Sumer and the citizens were Sumerians.This is a highly debated question, evidence points to all different directions actually.
Mesopotamia is located in present-day Iraq