My knowledge of Asian history is sketchy at best, but, I have to believe that there are sites there that are as old or older than the ones presented here. Nevertheless, it's an interesting look through of where there's been a lot of history.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/travel-the-worlds-20-oldest-cities/ss-BBpjkL2?ocid=mailsignout#image=1
the key is "continually inhabited" - there's older, but not continuously inhabited
Huh! Jericho for the win. (Also as the oldest known walled city, inhabited or otherwise. Makes its most famous Biblical story more interesting, kind of by accident -- the age of the walls isn't even a topic there.)
I'm surprised no Chinese cities made it - Luoyang springs to mind. Also Matera in Italy is supposed to have Stone Age origins too.
I'm kind of dubious about the list's validity myself; but maybe those cities haven't been continuously inhabited?
Granted, it would be weird for at least some Chinese cities (or Indian or anywhere in that region) not to have been continuously inhabited since those times.
Quote from: JasonPratt on February 17, 2016, 01:42:36 PM
I'm kind of dubious about the list's validity myself; but maybe those cities haven't been continuously inhabited?
Granted, it would be weird for at least some Chinese cities (or Indian or anywhere in that region) not to have been continuously inhabited since those times.
Oh, but they have been. Luoyang was one of the ancient Chinese capitals, and continues as a city today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luoyang . Matera is perhaps less convincing - it was founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC (not a great example) - but the area has been continuously settled since the Palaeoithic period. I've misspelled that haven't I...? :-[
Only one man can verify that list. Where's Windy?
Quote from: Boggit on February 17, 2016, 12:25:11 AM
I'm surprised no Chinese cities made it - Luoyang springs to mind. Also Matera in Italy is supposed to have Stone Age origins too.
Didn't Luoyang get temporarily wiped out by floods or something in ancient times? Or maybe I'm thinking of some other Chinese cities. Seemed pretty common in the distant past there.
I was thinking there were remains of an advanced civilization found on Malta that the experts thought pre-date anything else in Europe. Maybe the thinking has changed on this.
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 20, 2016, 10:36:54 AM
I was thinking there were remains of an advanced civilization found on Malta that the experts thought pre-date anything else in Europe. Maybe the thinking has changed on this.
The article specifically notes they're the oldest continuously-occupied cities
Sorry for the thread title confusion. I don't always read what I read.