which is the oldest living city of the world?

Question

i want the name of city & little bit about it

Answer 1

Byblos (βύβλος) is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla). It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jbeil (جبيل Ǧubayl). According to fragments attributed to the semi-legendary pre-Trojan war Phoenician historian Sanchuniathon, it was the first city ever built, and even today is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.

Rank, Name, Location, Approximate Time Founded
1 Byblos Lebanon 5000 BC
2 Damascus Syria More than 3,000 BC
3 Varanasi India More than 3,000 BC
4 Medinat Al-Fayoum Egypt 4,000 BC
5 Gaziantep Turkey 3,650 BC
6 Hebron West Bank 3,500 BC
7 Athens Greece 3,000 BC
8 Arbil Iraq Before 2,300 BC
9 Kirkuk Iraq 2,200-3,000 BC
10 Adana Turkey c. 2,000 BC
11 Hama Syria Before 2,000 BC
12 Jerusalem Israel 2,000 BC
13 Luxor Egypt c. 2,000 BC
14 Jaffa Israel 1,800 BC
15 Aleppo Syria 1,800 BC
16 Kutaisi Georgia 1,700 BC
17 Asyut Egypt Before 1,500 BC
18 Gaza Gaza Strip Before 1,500 BC
19 Jericho West Bank 1,400 BC
20 Lisbon Portugal 1,200 BC
21 Hamedan Iran 1,100 BC

The above a list of the oldest, still surviving, towns and cities in the world. There are some points of contention here and care should be taken when using the list. The cities have been listed because either the archaeological record has shown, or documents have supported the claim, that the settlement was in existence at the time given. However, presence here should in no way indicate that there is total consensus over the date the city was founded - differences in opinion can result from different definitions of "city" (usually relating to the population size" as well as "continuously inhabited" (relating to changing population size; changes in location and changes in name). Additionally, where an approximate date has been given, the date was treated as the lower end of the estimate for the purposes of the table.

The definition of "continuously inhabited city" for the purposes of this list was that there must be evidence to show that the city had been constantly settled by a population of more than 250 for the entire time since the date shown. This is different from there simply being 'evidence of human occupation in the area' and that it may well be different from the numerous other definitions of the term 'city' that are in use. In spite of all this, several cities listed here (Varanasi, Damascus, Arbil, Byblos and Hebron) each claim to be 'the oldest city in the world'.

Answer 2

Book results for the oldest living city of the world
The City Worker's World in America

Answer 3

I was going to say "Ur"...but THAT got nearly wiped off the map in the first Gulf War (Thanks GEORGE!). Sure, hardly anyone lived there, but it was priceless.

Oldest LIVING city? According to the website below, it is Damascus, "chief city" of Syria.

Addendum: There are other cities, fighting over which is the oldest, but Damascus consistently comes out ahead, in searches, anyway.

As for Ur still being occupied? No way! Link to this site, for more on the fascinating place in S. Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and a great picture showing...ruins!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur

According to the article, Ur lost inhabitants around 500 BC., probably due to drought.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Jericho is older than Damascus. Wikipedia says that Jericho ". . . is believed by some to be the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the world . . .", and that stone construction at the site began earlier than 9000 BC.

Answer 6

Damascus (Syria) is the oldest city in the world

Answer 7

Wikipedia, via Google search, yields the following answer:
1 Byblos Lebanon 5000 BC http://www.middleeast.com/byblos.htm

Answer 8

What is a living city?
I believe it would be the cradle of civilization like where babylon was or the holy city Jeruselum since it is alive.
Or is it in China?
That is a real question?
For we have been here for 30,000 thousand years.
Maybe back then they thought they had cities?
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ha ha Merry Christmas
Check out www.history.com
for the facts.

Answer 9

Damascus, Syria

Answer 10

Ha!! I didn't know the city was still standing. I thought it was leveled back in the day by the Jews when they were being led into the Promised Land by Joshua. Thanks for the info.