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OLDEST CITIES IN THE WORLD
Humanity has begun to live in communities since the transition to settled life. These communities formed villages and then cities. Cities with more than six thousand years of history are among the most important legacies of humanity. Here are the 15 oldest cities where people live constantly, many of them in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Gaziantep, Turkey
Gaziantep is one of the oldest cities in the world with permanent settlement. Gaziantep, one of the oldest known settlements in Anatolia, has traces of many civilizations. Traces of humanity in Gaziantep M.He. It dates back to 10,000 years.
Zadar, Croatia
The Croatian tourist town of Zadar, on the Adriatic Sea coast, is also noted for its history. The history of the city goes back 2900 years.
Biblos, Lebanon
Biblos, one of the oldest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, is also one of the oldest settlements of humanity. The city, where Greeks exported papyrus paper in history, is one of the oldest cities where people have lived for about 9 thousand years
Athens, Greece
Athens, the capital of Greece, has a historical identity, especially with the Akrapol region. The city’s history dates back 6,000 years.
Aleppo, Syria
Aleppo, which has suffered major destruction due to Syria’s civil war, is one of the oldest cities in the world. The history of this important city dates back 6,500 years.
Damascus, Syria
Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the oldest settlements of humanity, just like Aleppo. the first settlements in the city date back to 12 thousand years ago.
Varanasi, India
Varanasi, a city considered sacred in India, is also one of the oldest cities on earth. This city on the banks of the Ganges river is a place of purification for Hindus.
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, has a history of 5,000 years. Beirut, once one of the most important ports of the Mediterranean, is a city with high tourism potential.
Sus, Iran
Susa, located in Khuzestan province, Iran, was the capital of Elam state in history. The history of the city, which is also mentioned by the Sumerians, dates back 4,400 years.
Sayda, Lebanon
Another city in Lebanon on the list is Sayda. The history of the city dates back 2,500 years.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Plovdiv (Plovdiv), one of the oldest cities constantly inhabited by people on the European continent, comes under Roman, Eastern Roman and Ottoman rule after the city was founded by the Thracians.
Jerusalem, Isreal
Jerusalem, the holy city of the three religions, is also one of the oldest cities in which people live. The history of the city goes back five thousand years.
Mtskheta, Georgia
This hard-to-pronounce Caucasian settlement is one of the oldest in the region. Mtskheta has a history of about 3000 years
Cadiz, Spain
Cadiz, one of Spain’s historic cities, dates back 3,100 years.
Jericho, Palestine
Located on the banks of the Jordan River, Jericho is one of the oldest settlements known in the world. For 11 thousand years, people have lived continuously in Jericho within the borders of Palestine.
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