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and what is the oldest human city?

2007-03-11 13:56:33 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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If by Ice Age, you mean the Pleistocene Era, then no. The Pleistocene was the last period of global cooling, marked by frequent expansion of glaciers. It began about 1.8 million years ago, and ended about 12,000 years ago, give or take. The earliest human cities are pushing 10,000 years old (and there are very few of those), so we really don't have any cities appear until after the Ice Age is over. Real civilizations and cities don't begin to appear until about 5,000 years ago.

2007-03-11 14:07:51 · answer #1 · answered by The Ry-Guy 5 · 4 1

What The Ry-Guy says is true. About the oldest city, it depends on where do you place the limit between a small farming village and a city. The oldest settlement is Jericho, in Palestine, (1100 years ago), but if you want real cities you have to go to the Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations (5000 years ago, more or less). I believe the oldest Sumerian city is Ur, in sourthern Irak; the oldest Egyuptian one may be Nekhen or Abydos. Between Jericho and the Sumerians there are many settlements (Catal Huyuk in Turkey, Halaf in Syria, Tell el-Ubaid in sourthern Irak, Nagada in Egypt) but they may be considered farming villages instead of cities.

2007-03-11 22:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by satrapalrider 1 · 3 0

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