<P> The first states of sorts were those of early dynastic Sumer and early dynastic Egypt , which arose from the Uruk period and Predynastic Egypt respectively at approximately 3000BCE . Early dynastic Egypt was based around the Nile River in the north - east of Africa , the kingdom 's boundaries being based around the Nile and stretching to areas where oases existed . Early dynastic Sumer was located in southern Mesopotamia with its borders extending from the Persian Gulf to parts of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers . </P>
<P> The first states of sorts were those of early dynastic Sumer and early dynastic Egypt , which arose from the Uruk period and Predynastic Egypt respectively at approximately 3000BCE . Early dynastic Egypt was based around the Nile River in the north - east of Africa , the kingdom 's boundaries being based around the Nile and stretching to areas where oases existed . Early dynastic Sumer was located in southern Mesopotamia with its borders extending from the Persian Gulf to parts of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers . </P>
when was the first form of government created
when was the first form of government created
approximately 3000BCE
approximately 3000BCE