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10) Varanasi, India – 5,000 years old.

Known as the birthplace of Hinduism, Varanasi is known as the oldest city in India and has its earliest human inhabitants as far back as 11th BCE.

The city is located near the Granges River in the Northern Indian region of Uttar Pradesh, which till today continues to attract tourists and worshipper's from all over the world.

The Golden Temple of Shiva is also located in this city!

9) Plovdiv, Bulgaria – 6,000 years old.

The city of Plovdiv is historically located in the ancient Thrace region. The city is known as the cultural centre of Bulgaria and Historians cite that evidence exists that inhabitation of the region goes way back to 6th BCE, especially in the Nebet Tepe Hill.

The city is also the second largest city in Bulgaria.

Sidon, Lebanon – 6,000 years old.

Known locally as Saida, Sidon is located on the Mediterranean sea and has been in existence for at least 6000yrs according to Historians.

The ancient city was bride to constant conquering (in no order) by the Babylonians, Assyrians, Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, and Romans alike. Must have really been an important city to warrant such constant occupation.

There were also biblical reference to this city, with Jesus, Paul and Herod the Great all said to have visited the place at one point in time.

7) Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan – 6,000 years old.

Erbil is the capital city of the Kurdistan region, Iraq. According to Historians and Wikipedia, it was known as Arbella and is currently the most populated city in the region.

From history, Arbella has been a place of continuous occupation by
Greeks, Persians, Mongols, Romans, and the Ottoman Turks.
The city is also host to the Erbil Citadel and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

6) Susa, Iran – 6,300 years old

Susa was one of the most paramount cities in Ancient Near East ( what many will say is the ancestors to the current Middle East), and located near the Tigris River.

During its peak, Susa served as the capital of Achaemenid Empire as well as that of Elam. Again, during the Parthian rule, the ancient city of Susa also remained an important and strategic place.

It is believed that the city was probably rebuilt soon after its destruction by the Assyrian Empire.

5) Athens, Greece – 7,000 years old.

Athens is one of those ancient cities that have been featured heavily in Hollywood movies, especially when Greek mythological entities are being utilised.

According to Historians, the earliest known inhabitation of can be traced back to the 7th - 11th BC.
Athens is also historically known to produce many widely known philosophical truths and inquisitions and has helped define democracy which has had numerous importance on modern westernisation. Popular philosophers like Plato, Aristotle and Socrates are examples of the gift Athens gave Europe and the world.

Athens is currently still bubbling as metropolitan city in current day Greece.

4) Argos, Greece – 7,000 years old

Argos is located in Argolis, and under the administrative region of
Peloponnese, Greece. It is the largest city in Argolis and one of the oldest cities still in existence today after a continuos inhabitation that has spanned centuries.

Argos is notably known for its Swiss-like neutral attitude during the Greco-Persian Wars. Argos is currently being occupied by an estimated 22,000 people, and has a lot of historical heritage sites and monuments.

3) Byblos, Lebanon – 7,000 years old.

Historians clock the earliest human inhabitation of Byblos between 7,000 - 8,000yrs.

The ancient city can be found 42km north of Beirut.
It is also generally believed to be the oldest and largest ancient city in Lebanon at the time, and have witnessed continuous and extended human occupation for centuries. This was mostly due to the amount of human waste archeologists have uncovered in the city.

Byblos is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

2) Aleppo, Syria – 8,000 years old.

Allepo is located along the Mediterranean Sea, giving it easy access to the oceans and a viable hub for trades. This is what made Allepo a thriving commercial area in ancient times.

According to historians and archeologists, Allepo has been continuously occupied since 8,000yrs ago.

At the moment, the clashes between the officially recognised Syrian government and rebel forces have forced most of the inhabitants of Allepo flee the region.


1) Damascus, Syria – 11,000 years old

Most people who are familiar with biblical stories must have heard about this ancient city. Even one of Christianity's greatest apostle to the gentiles, Paul, was converted on his way to Damascus.

Damascus is the capital city in present day Syria and the oldest city in the world. According to research and studies, the earliest known habitation of the ancient city of Damascus was probably in the second millennium BC.

Damascus is part of the Official UNESCO World Heritage Site and is mostly referred to by many as the capital city and cultural centre of the whole Arab world. Currently, Damascus is a metropolitan city in the partly troubled country, Syria. In 2008, it was named "Arab Capital of Culture".

NB: Some of the years in this article (especially Damascus) are historically estimated years from findings. However, most are backed by records and archeologically backed factual discoveries. Therefore, there may be other cities that may have existed before.

https://uptownerd./2020/09/17/the-ten-oldest-cities-in-the-world-number-1-is-11000yrs-old-and-still-in-existence/

Muurian:


Images: Damascus!

Truthlord12:
Lies.

The world is not more than 6000years old

Raydos:


Naaaah the world is more than 10,000 years in my own opinion, They only Started counting years 2,020 years ago and before then people has been in Existence

Jesus Christ died like 5,000 years ago as many people believed but the world didn't start when Jesus Christ died

People has been living for thousands of years Even Before Jesus was born!! Especially in the old testament where some people have long life span, A single human can live for over 900 years before they died in the old testament

So in conclusion, I think the world is at least over 10,000 years old

Truthlord12:
Lies.

The world is not more than 6000years old

Muurian:


Images: Damascus!

Truthlord12:
Lies.
The world is not more than 6000years old

Kenmatt:
How many of you ever thought that Damascus, Lebanon Athens, Isreal, Egypt and others are in heaven as a child?

Auladimeji:
What about Turkey...I heard that the mother of Jesus was buried there

Truthlord12:
Lies.

The world is not more than 6000years old

princepee:
So who recorded how old the city is Who was there 11thousand years ago. Yes the cities maybe old but one can say for sure how old.

Truthlord12:
Lies.

The world is not more than 6000years old

mansakhalifa:


That cannot be possible.

Besides, Turkey is not a city. It is a whole country sitting on two continents.

This topic is strictly talking about "cities".

And even if we are to talk about oldest countries, Turkey wouldn't even get a mention. Turkey was founded in 1923. Far too young.

obonujoker:


Lol... Hope you know Turkey had a city called Constantinople?? That was sacked by the Muslim fighters then... Around AD 1000 or so

mansakhalifa:


Why do I feel like some cities were left out

Who else thinks so too?

Besides, I always knew Damascus, Aleppo, Byblos and Sidon would always make the list.

Where is Tyre though? Tyre is probably just as old as Sidon. They were often known as twin cities of the Phoenicians back then.

I strongly think that they should rejig this list and give Tyre a mention.

mansakhalifa:


Why do I feel like some cities were left out

Who else thinks so too?

Besides, I always knew Damascus, Aleppo, Byblos and Sidon would always make the list.

Where is Tyre though? Tyre is probably just as old as Sidon. They were often known as twin cities of the Phoenicians back then.

I strongly think that they should rejig this list and give Tyre a mention.

mansakhalifa:


I hate schooling adults but sometimes we simply cannot avoid it.

After all counseling the doubtful and instructing the ignorant is a spiritual work of mercy after all.

So, you want to know how they arrived at the most likely/probable ages of these cities... you see, they didn't throw up figures for the fun of it- habour no doubts about that.

The whole thing took a lot of research and meticulousness. First, when you want to determine how old are particular city is, you have to go to extent of examining ancient texts(that is writings by men who lived thousands of years) and there you will sometimes find where such cities were mentioned then with a little maths and calculations here and there, you will be able to arrive at an estimate as to how old that particular city is.

Another method is oral traditions. That is, history passed from generation to generation by word of mouth. That is history which is largely unwritten.

Then there is a third method, which is far more reliable to varying degrees than the other two which I have mentioned- and that, is a firm technology called "(radio)Carbon dating"(in layman's terminology).

How does radiocarbon dating work. It is simple. Sometimes, you see all these archaeologists excavating and digging all over the place and sometimes you might be forced to assume that they are "mad". But in reality, they are not. They are as a matter of fact, looking for clues. These clues might come in the former of ancient artefacts such as cups, wine glasses, coins, clothes and things like that. Once they dig up these things, they pass them through carbon dating tests in order to find out how old these things are. They answer that they get from conducting such tests also go a long way in determine how long a particular city has been inhabited.

I just had to explain it to you in the simplest way possible and I hope it helps.

Besides, there are other scientific methods asides radiocarbon dating that can also be deployed in determining these things.

blacq2009:

Scientists estimate Earth to be around 5.6billion years old.

Truthlord12:
Lies.

The world is not more than 6000years old

Truthlord12:
Lies.

The world is not more than 6000years old

xest:
i knw you talking as a Christian. That Bible don really wash una head

x123xlolls:
WHAT OF 28 MILLION YRS CITY

WHAT OF 28 MILLION YRS CITY

WHAT OF 28 MILLION YRS CITY