While it's widely believed that the first cities arose in Mesopotamia, recent archaeological discoveries in Ukraine suggest that substantial urban settlements may have existed there as early as 4000 BC, potentially predating Mesopotamian cities by centuries. The Science News article says that remnants of what could have been some of the world's first cities are emerging from the surface in and around Nebelivka, a farmland area in Ukraine. The Euromaidan Press article claims that archaeologists are dating settlements of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which includes the Trypillia culture in Ukraine, to around 4000 BCE.

Na ovo sam tek nedavno nabasao, ima smisla da su prvi gradovi na svijetu nastali na najplodnijoj zemlji, a ne u pustinjama.