The oldest sausage in the world is Assyrian sausage, which is from around 1700 B.C.E.
Assyrian sausage from around 1700 B.C.E contains ingredients such as leek, garlic, fat and possibly blood and intestines and is prepared in water.
The Sumerian Civilization also has some records of sausage that dates back to as far as 3,100 B.C.E, which indicates that the concept of sausage is actually over 5,000 years old.
The Assyrian recipe is from around 1700 B.C.E and describes meat, fat, garlic and leek, with the word "zurumu" potentially referring to intestines.
This also points to the earliest known written instructions for making sausage.
And sausages were also very popular in Ancient Greece by 800 B.C.E, with Homer's The Odyssey featuring a poetic description of grilling a sausage.
And the European sausage tradition also began in the Greco-Roman world.