World’s oldest inhabited cities: 🇮🇳 Varanasi: 3,000 years 🇪🇸 Cádiz: 3,100 years 🇬🇷 Thebes: 3,400 years 🇨🇾 Larnaca: 3,400 years 🇬🇷 Athens: 3,400 years 🇦🇫 Balkh: 3,500 years 🇮🇶 Kirkuk: 4,200 years 🇮🇶 Arbil: 4,300 years 🇱🇧 Tyre: 4,750 years 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Jerusalem: 4,800 years 🇱🇧 Beirut: 5,000 years 🇹🇷 Gaziantep: 5,650 years 🇧🇬 Plovdiv: 6,000 years 🇱🇧 Sidon: 6,000 years 🇪🇬 Faiyum: 6,000 years 🇮🇷 Susa: 6,200 years 🇸🇾 Damascus: 6,300 years 🇸🇾 Aleppo: 6,300 years 🇱🇧 Byblos: 7,000 years 🇬🇷 Argos: 7,000 years 🇵🇸 Jericho: 11,000 years Thus list is not exhaustive