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Is Jericho the oldest city in the world?

Jericho is located in the Jordan River Valley in modern Palestine. At an elevation of 864 feet below sea level, Jericho is not only the oldest city on Earth but also the lowest one.



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Jerusalem and Beirut can both claim urbanisation going back to at least 3,000 BC, as can Jericho in the West Bank. Indeed, archeologists have found evidence of 20 successive settlements in Jericho dating back as far as 9,000BC.

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Argos (/'??rg?s, -g?s/; Greek: ????? ['ar?os]; Ancient and Katharevousa: ????? [árgos]) is a city in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and the oldest in Europe.

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