What is the oldest known city in existence?

You know, prehistoric people's weren't great record keepers, and the line between a village and a city is a very fine one.

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Eridu in Mesopotamia.

>>1371701
I meant oldest continuously living cities, Ruskie.

>>1371712
Oh, well then I don't know that one. That's an interesting question though, I've never considered that. I would still assume it would be in the Middle east though.

>>1371724
Speaking of Russia, question for you: what do you think is the oldest continuously living city in Russia?

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>>1371693
Looking at that picture gave me the feels.

>>1371762
I'm not actually Russian, I just saved that picture from a Russian source.

>>1371762
As far as I know the oldest Rus' city was Kiev (archaeology has shown Novgorod to only date to the late 10th century). Derbent is the oldest in all of Russia.

>>1371693
>Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of "city" as well as "continuously inhabited" and historical evidence is often disputed. Several cities listed here (Balkh, Byblos, Aleppo, Damascus, and Jericho) each popularly claim to be "the oldest city in the world".

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>>1371777
O-oh, y-you aren't Russian? N-nevermind that question then.

I l-looked it up anyways and it was Derbent.

>>1371794
I was thinking about lying about it to not let you down, but I'm trying to make an active effort in my life to live truly in all things that I do, even posting anonymously.

>>1371791
I looked it up. It seems the older cities of the world tend to be near or within Southwest Asia.

>>1371693
Jericho

>>1371701
>>1371712

Jericho is older anyway

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>>1371796
Such a noble cause, anon. I salute you.

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>>1371763

>>1371763
goddammit

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>>1371693
Well technically a very large number of cities did have a continuous existence from the prehistoric times, since they found prehistorical remains in almost every one of them.
Thus they predate Damascus or Jericho.
Pic related, prehistorical (and medieval too) remains in Geneva

>>1372138
/thread

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>>1372175
Hello newfag, welcome to 4chan.

>>1371693
>>1371724

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities

>>1372180
why ?

>>1372183
Refer to >>1371792

Aleppo has been occupied since like the 6th millennium BC.

>>1371701
How can they tell that was a city? Looks like nothing but barren wasteland.

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>>1373388
That's archaeology. They found ground-level foundations, city walls foundations, fragments of items...
That's a good thing we can't see it, or else it would be pillaged