| 1. | Jericho - West Bank, Palestinian territories - 9,000BC |
| 2. | Byblos - Lebanon - 5,000 BC |
| 3. | Susa - Iran (Persia) - 4200 BC (As a city, up to 7500 years of inhabitation) |
| 4. | Sidon - Lebanon - Earlier than 4,000 BC |
| 5. | Medinat Al-Fayoum (as Crocodilopolis or Arsinoe) - Egypt - 4,000 BC |
| 6. | Yerevan - Armenia - 4,000 BC |
| 7. | Gaziantep - Turkey - 3,650 BC |
| 8. | Istanbul - Turkey - 3,500 BC |
| 9. | Hebron - West Bank, Palestinian territories - 3,500 BC |
| 10. | Beirut - Lebanon - Earlier than 3,000 BC |
| 11. | Damascus - Syria - Earlier than 3,000 BC |
| 12. | Varanasi - India - Earlier than 3,000 BC |
| 13. | Harappa - Pakistan - 3,300 BC |
| 14. | Athens - Greece - 3,000 BC |
| 15. | Tyre - Lebanon - 2,750 BC |
| 16. | Xinzheng - China - 2,700 BC |
| 17. | Mohenjo-daro - Pakistan - 2,600 BC |
| 18. | Delhi - India - 2,500 BC |
| 19. | Arbil - Iraq - Before 2,300 BC |
| 20. | Kirkuk (As 'Arrapha') - Iraq - 2,200–3,000 BC |
| 21. | Adana - Turkey - c. 2,000 BC |
| 22. | Hama (as Hamath) - Syria - Before 2,000 BC |
| 23. | Jerusalem - Israel - 2,000 BC |
| 24. | Luxor (as Thebes/Weset) - Egypt - c. 2,000 BC |
| 25. | Jaffa - Israel - 1,800 BC |
| 26. | Aleppo - Syria - 1,800 BC |
| 27. | Kutaisi - Georgia - 1,700 BC |
| 28. | Cholula - Mexico - 1,700 BC |
| 29. | Asyut - Egypt - Before 1,500 BC |
| 30. | Gaza - Gaza Strip - Before 1,500 BC |