Mayans are only 4k years old, and Egyptians 5k, if you can use 'only' in that context... The oldest writing system is about 5.5k years old (cunieform); I'm not

Mayans are only 4k years old, and Egyptians 5k, if you can use 'only' in that context... The oldest writing system is about 5.5k years old (cunieform); I'm not sure if history can be considered well-documented without something like writing.