Ancient Cities Continuously Occupied Over 2,000 Years
Dwarka.– 11,000
Damascus – 10,000
Aleppo – 9000
Jericho- 9,000
Plovdiv – 9000
Byblos – 8000
Athens – 8000
Cities Continuously Occupied Over 2000 Years
Susa – 7000
Shush- 5000
Eridu – 5,000
Faiyum – 5,000
Uruk – 5,000
Ray – 5000
Argos – 5,000
Sidon – 4,000
Jerusalem – 3,900
Gaziantep – 3,650
Plovdiv – 3,500
Luxor – 3,200
Try – 3,000
Beirut – 3,000
El Qoseir – 2900
Multan – 2900
Byblos – 2,800
Tyre – 2,750
Faiyum- 2686
Kirkuk – 2,600
Jenin – 2,450
Erbil – 2,300
Homs – 2,300
Jaffa – 2,000
Varanasi – 1,000
Rome – 800
Ujjain – 700
Istanbul – 650
Mendefera – 500
Ife-Ife – 500
Aksum – 400
Alexandria – 332
Mogadishu – 200
Djenne – 200
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Sources:
– https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/oldest-cities-in-the-world
– https://amp.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/16/whats-the-oldest-city-in-the-world
– https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/slideshows/10-of-the-oldest-cities-in-the-world
– https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities
– https://www.treehugger.com/oldest-continuously-inhabited-cities-4864338
– https://www.educationworld.in/10-oldest-cities-in-the-world/amp/
– https://www.newscientist.com/question/first-cities-built/
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