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Damascus(Syria) is inhabited since 10000 B.C, After Damascus there is Jericho(Palestine) 80000 B.C

The following is added on 10/29/2010, to correct and amplify the previous answer. Jericho is eight thousand (8,000, not 80,000) years before the common era, so it would be ten thousand (10,000) years old, and it is located in Israel. (Palestine is not a country, at this time). Damascus is located in what is present day Syria, but there was no Syria when Damascus was founded. It should also be noted that there are questions if Damascus is the oldest inhabited city. This is a question beyond the scope of this response.

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historians have found that the oldest city on earth could be Jericho near the dead sea in present day Israel. about 3000 people may have lived there around the year 7800 B.C. Another smaller village in Mesopotamia may be older than Jericho. known as Zawi, it was probably founded around 9000 B.C.

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Damascus, Syria is the oldest continuously occupied city. Evidence exists that a settlement in the Barada Basin dates back to 9000 BC.

Hamoukar, located in a remote part of Syria located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is one of the oldest cities of ancient times. It was destroyed around 3500 BC.

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The origins of the alphabet is unknown. However, there is a theory that the first use of an alphabet originates from Egypt. Furthermore, the Greek alphabet is considered the world's first true alphabet, as it designates consonants and vowels.

This has nothing to do with cities.

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Many cities claim to be the world's oldest continuously inhabited city. However, Jericho is the only one of these cities to have evidence to support its claim, as Jericho was inhabited as far back as 9,000 BC.

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Jericho, located in the West Bank, is believed to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with archaeological evidence dating back over 11,000 years.

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I am pretty sure it was either Mesopotamia or Babylon.

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Damascus is probably the oldest city in the world.

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