Ancient Cities

Ordinal	City	Date Founded	Reference
1	Damascus	c. 9000 BC	1
2	Aleppo	c. 4000 BC	2
3	Jericho	c. 8000 BC	3
4	Byblos	c. 5000 BC	4
5	Athens	c. 3000 BC	5
6	Susa	c. 4000 BC	6
7	Shush	c. 4000 BC	6
8	Eridu	c. 5400 BC	2
9	Faiyum	c. 4000 BC	5, 7
10	Uruk	c. 4000 BC	5, 7
11	Ray	c. 3000 BC	6
12	Argos	c. 3000 BC	8
13	Sidon	c. 4000 BC	3
14	Jerusalem	c. 3000 BC	9
15	Gaziantep	c. 3650 BC	6
16	Plovdiv	c. 4000 BC	2, 8
17	Luxor	c. 3200 BC	3
18	Try	c. 3000 BC	2
19	Beirut	c. 3000 BC	3
20	El Qoseir	c. 2900 BC	3
21	Multan	c. 2900 BC	3
22	Byblos	c. 5000 BC	4
23	Tyre	c. 2750 BC	3
24	Faiyum	c. 2686 BC	5, 7
25	Kirkuk	c. 2600 BC	3
26	Jenin	c. 2450 BC	3
27	Erbil	c. 2300 BC	3
28	Homs	c. 2300 BC	3
29	Jaffa	c. 2000 BC	2
30	Varanasi	c. 1000 BC	3
31	Xi’an	c. 1100 BC	1
32	Rome	c. 753 BC	1, 3
33	Ujjain	c. 700 BC	1
34	Istanbul	c. 660 BC	1
35	Mendefera	c. 500 BC	3
36	Ife-Ife	c. 500 BC	3
37	Aksum	c. 400 BC	3
38	Mogadishu	c. 350 BC	3
39	Alexandria	c. 332 BC	3
40	Djenne	c. 250 BC	2