What are the Oldest Cities in the World?

by mimi cici Thu May 24, 2012 5:00 pm

Byblos in present-day Lebanon may date back as far as 5000 BCE and is considered by many to be the oldest continuously populated city.
Damascus in Syria has existed at least since 3000 BCE.
Varansi in India also dates back further than 3000 BCE.
Medinat Al-Fayoum in Egypt is possibly dated at 4000 BCE.
Gaziantep in Turkey dates back to 3650 BCE.
Delhi, in India, dates to about 3500 BCE.
Hebron in the West Bank is dated at 3500 BCE.
Athens in Greece dates to about 3000 BCE.
Luoyang, in China, dates to about 2070 BCE.
Arbil and Kirkuk in Iraq have dates of 2300 and earlier than 3000 BCE respectively.
Adana in Turkey and Jerusalem in Israel were established around 2000 BCE.
Hama in Syria was established before 2000 BCE.
Luxor/Thebes in Egypt also dates to 2000 BCE.
Jaffa, Israel, and Aleppo, Syria are both about 3800 years old.

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