The Althing in Iceland, founded in the year AD 930, is usually given the credit of being the world’s oldest parliament. At the beginning it was a general assembly of freemen to vote and discuss issues of common concern. The Althing was suspended from 1800 to 1845.The world’s oldest continuous parliament is a title claimed by the Tynwald in the Isle of Man, which dates back to AD 979. But actually, lots of civilizations throughout history, like the Mesopotamian and Indus civilizations, have also claimed to have had parliaments.