<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Syria, Damascus, 11,000 years ago</h1>
Damascus, also known as the capital of Arab culture, is the oldest city in the world, with many great civilizations going up and down.
According to archaeological research and some historical evidence, it is the oldest city in the world with a large number of people living in succession, and it is also a famous cultural center in the Arab world.
Today, Damascus is a metropolitan area with a population of over 2 million and was named the Arab Capital of Culture in 2008.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Aleppo, Syria, 8,000 years</h1>
Aleppo is the capital of Syria's Aleppo province and, like Damascus, has been inhabited for more than 8,000 years.
In fact, traces of civilization dating back 11,000 years have been found there, so it is possible that it is even older than Damascus.
Aleppo was actually located between the Mediterranean Sea and West Soopotamia, and thanks to this geographical location, it became an important trading center in ancient times.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Lebanon, Biblos, 7000 years</h1>
Located about 42 kilometers north of Beirut, Biblos is the oldest and largest city in Lebanon Province on Mount Lebanon.
According to some archaeological data, some people left traces of civilization there as early as 8800 years ago, and since 5000 years ago, a large number of people have begun to breed there and continue to this day.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, Argos, Greece, at 7,000 years</h1>
Argos is a city in Agolis, Peloponnese, Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
According to research, Agos remained neutral throughout history and did not participate in any of the Greco-Persian wars.
Today, Agos has only about 22,000 inhabitants, but there are many ancient monuments here.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Athens, Greece, 7,000 years</h1>
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece, the city is also an ancient home of philosophy and the birthplace of Western civilization.
Famous people such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle as we know them are actually related to this ancient city, and today, Athens is a huge metropolis and the oldest capital in Europe.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Iran, Susa, 6300 years</h1>
Susa was one of the most important cities in the ancient Near East (a region roughly corresponding to the birthplace of early civilization in the modern Middle East).
Due to its location close to the Tigris River, it became one of the most important cities in the ancient world.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > 6000 years in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq</h1>
For thousands of years, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Mongols and Ottoman Turks have lived in Erbil.
In the city center, Erbil Castle, also known as Holle Castle, is an ancient architectural structure that dates back to 2000 BC.
While this castle is an artificial mound and the historic city centre of Erbil, it is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Lebanon, Seton, 6000 years</h1>
As an important port on the Mediterranean Sea, Sidon is one of the most important cities in Phoenicia.
Seton is the third largest city in Lebanon, located in the southern province, and because of its proximity to the sea, the shipbuilding technology here is very good.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Bulgaria, Plovdiv, 6000 years</h1>
Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria, one of the oldest in Europe, and an important center for the Persian, Thracian, Macedonian, and Ottoman Empires.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Varanasi, India, 5,000 years</h1>
Varanasi is the oldest city in India and the birthplace of the oldest religion, Hinduism.
Also known as Benares, Banaras or Kashgar, the city is located on the banks of the Ganges River in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and it attracts Hindu pilgrims and tourists from all over the world.
While these pilgrims bathe in the Ganges and perform funeral rites, it is from this city that the Indian culture we are most often exposed to emanates from.
Among the ten oldest cities in the world, there is no Chinese, which is actually quite normal, because as long as we understand the history of human migration, we will know.
Human beings came out of the African continent, and the first stop is the border of the Asian and African continents, and then slowly walked to other regions, so in the early time development, East Asia did not have much advantage, but now compared with these ancient cities, and even the other three ancient civilizations, China is still the most special, after all, only we have inherited the civilization we have developed in the world.