Among the oldest ten cities in the world, according to a report in the newspaper "Telegraph", 8 Arab cities, between Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. In the cities mentioned in the list, the effects of the tenth century BC, has undergone many civilizations, and stood in the face of earthquakes and military campaigns ... Historians may differ on some dates contained in the report of the British newspaper, but the closest to the right. That is not important. On the scale of thousands of years, time is no longer important, but the people of those ancient cities have left a civilization and a gift to mankind.
10 - Beirut ,Lebanon was founded five thousand years ago
Beirut dates back to 3000 BC The excavations showed traces of Phoenicians, Hellenists, Romans, Arabs and Ottomans in this city. It also appeared in letters to the Pharaohs in the 14th century BC
9-Gaziantep, Turkey was founded 5,650 years ago
The Turkish city is one of the oldest in the East, and it originated in the year 3650 BC. Gaziantep is located in southern Turkey, on the border with Syria, with traces of the Hellenistic period, as well as the Rafenda castle, which was renovated by the Byzantines in the 6th century. A mosaics from the Roman period were found in the city center
8- Plovdiv, Bulgaria was founded 6000 years ago
Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria and is the oldest city in Europe. The Thracians lived there, and were called "Filaba" in relation to the Roman Emperor Philipus, the father of Alexander the Great, which was opened in 342 BC. The city was founded about 4000 BC, and its present name was acquired in Plovdiv in the fifteenth century.
7-Sidon,Lebanon was founded 6000 years ago
One of the oldest and the most famous Phoenician cities on the Lebanese coast, originated about 4 thousand BC. Where the use of murax shells began to pigment, and mastered its people the craft of the glass industry. Mentioned by Homer in his poems, and passed by many civilizations of the Assyrians and the Babylonians to Greece and the Romans
6- Faiyum ,Egypt was founded 6000 years ago
Faiyum is located Southwest of Cairo It was founded by the Pharaohs in 4000 BC. It was part of the ancient Pharaonic city of Crocodilopolis, where the worship of a god in the form of a crocodile spread.The city includes Pharaonic monuments, including the pyramid of Hwara and Hermon.
5-Susa ,Iran was founded 6.200 years ago
It was the capital of the Elamite empires and then ruled by the Achaemenids, a Persian royal family that came to Libya. The city is an inspiration for the oldest play preserved in history,It is the play of "the Persians"
4- Damascus , Syria was founded 6.300 years ago
Some historians confirm that Damascus is the first inhabited city in history, and has taken an urban from 10,000 BC. Some say they lived from the year 4300 BC. The city was home to the Arameans, then the cradle of the Seleucid state, then the Romans and the Nabataeans, where Arab civilization flourished during the Umayyad and Abbasid covenants.
3-Aleppo , Syria was founded 6.300 years ago
According to "the Telegraph" , Aleppo appeared in the fourth millennium BC, about 4300. In the Bronze Age it was the capital of the kingdom of Arman, then the Amorid dynasty and then the Hittite Kingdom, where it had a sacred status. Passed by the Aramaic civilization, and later Hellenic, Roman and Persian, and then formed part of the Umayyad and Abbasid state.
2-Byblos , Lebanon was founded 7000 years ago
The source of the Phoenician alphabet, classified by UNESCO on the World Heritage List. Inhabited by the Phoenicians since the fifth millennium BC, and then crossed the civilizations of several Assyrians and Babylonians, to the Greeks and Romans. The city has many monuments, indicating its cultural richness, such as the Roman theater, the walls, and the harbor.
1-Jericho Palestine was founded 11000 years ago
The city of Jericho is the first city in history and still exists today . The ancient Palestinian city is located near the Jordan River, north of the Dead Sea. It dates back to the 10th century BC and has Neolithic monuments. The Canaanites settled it, then the Crusaders took their place, and later the Romans. Among the most famous archaeological sites, Tal Sultan, and the Palace of Hashem bin Abdul Malik, and the place of the Prophet Moses, and the monastery of Qarnat or Mount Arbaeen.
