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Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities in the World  
IN THE PAST 

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And to think, America's only been around for about 400 years.

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

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