Oldest continuously inhabited cities
WHS located in one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Cut off date = later than 1000 BC
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Acropolis | Athens, 5th–4th Millennium BC | |
| Aleppo | Aleppo, Chalcolithic (4,300 BC or earlier) | |
| Ancient Thebes | Luxor, c. 3200 BC | |
| Byblos | Byblos, Chalcolithic (3000 BC) | |
| Damascus | Damascus, Chalcolithic (Damascus is often claimed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, and evidence exists of a settlement in the wider Barada basin dating back to 9000 BC. However, within the area of Damascus, there is no evidence for large-scale settlement until the 2nd millennium BC) | |
| Erbil Citadel | Erbil, 2300 BC | |
| Imperial Palace | Beijing, c. 1045 BC | |
| Mtskheta | Mtskheta, c. 1000 BC | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, 2800 BC | |
| Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | Xi'an, c. 1100 BC | |
| Susa | Susa (now Shush), 4200 BC - however, Susa’s claims are somewhat dented by the fact that it was downgraded to “small settlement” between the 15th and 20th centuries. See | |
| Tyre | Tyre, 2750 BC |
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