The oldest cities in the world

Here is the list of the oldest cities in the world:

Thus the oldest city on the planet would be Jericho of Palestine, tied with Susa of Iran. It would be 6000 years old.

The oldest city in France would be Reims and would be 5000 years old. The first large city is Marseille, formerly Massalia, founded 2600 years ago.

According to historians, Bab ed-Dhra could be Sodom and Numeira would be Gomorrah.

The oldest cities in the world
Name	Type	Country	Founding date
Jericho	City	Palestine	4000 BC
Susa	City	Iran	4000 BC
Uruk	City	Iraq	3500 BC
Thebes	City	Egypt	3200 BC
Bab ed-Dhra	City	Jordan	3200 BC
Thinis	City	Egypt	3100 BC
Faiyum	City	Egypt	3100 BC
Byblos	City	Lebanon	3000 BC
Beirut	City	Lebanon	3000 BC
Abydos	City	Egypt	3000 BC
Adab	City	Iraq	3000 BC
Ur	City	Iraq	3000 BC
Reims	City	France	3000 BC
Nippur	City	Iraq	3000 BC
Shuruppak	City	Iraq	3000 BC
Zabalam	City	Iraq	3000 BC
Husband	City	Syria	3000 BC
Baalbek	City	Lebanon	3000 BC
Heracleopolis Magna	City	Egypt	2970 BC
Eridu	City	Iraq	2900 BC
Jerusalem	City	Israel	2800 BC
Tire	City	Lebanon	2750 BC
Giza	City	Egypt	2700 BC
Harappa	City	Pakistan	2600 BC
Mohenjodaro	City	Pakistan	2600 BC
Umma	City	Iraq	2585 BC
Ebla	City	Syria	2500 BC
Lagash	City	Iraq	2500 BC
Kirkuk	City	Iraq	2335 BC
Babylon	City	Iraq	2286 BC
Knossos	City	Greece	2200 BC
Thebes	City	Greece	2140 BC
Luoyang	City	China	2070 BC
Aleppo	City	Syria	2004 BC
Sagalassos	City	Turkey	2000 BC
Erbil	City	Iraq	1975 BC
Miletus	City	Turkey	1900 BC
Hasankeyf	City	Turkey	1800 BC
Rhodes	City	Greece	1600 BC
Balkh	City	afghanistan	1500 BC
Sidon	City	Lebanon	1500 BC
Luxor	City	Egypt	1400 BC
Damascus	City	Lebanon	1350 BC
Strasbourg	City	France	1300 BC
Amfissa	City	Greece	1300 BC
Kadesh	City	Syria	1300 BC
Karnak	City	Egypt	1292 BC
Larnaca	City	Cyprus	1200 BC
Gordion	City	Turkey	1200 BC
Medinet Habou	City	Egypt	1153 BC
Cadiz	City	Spain	1104 BC
Utica	City	Tunisia	1101 BC
Xi'an	City	China	1100 BC
Plovdiv	City	Russia	1100 BC
Patras	City	Greece	1050 BC
Ray	City	Iran	1000 BC
Carthage	City	Tunisia	814 BC
Athens	City	Greece	800 BC
Palermo	City	Italy	800 BC
Catania	City	Italy	800 BC
Sardis	City	Turkey	800 BC
Malaga	City	Spain	800 BC
Syracuse	City	Italy	800 BC
Petra	City	Jordan	800 BC
Rome	City	Italy	April 21, 753 BC
Van Fortress	City	Turkey	750 BC
Naxos	City	Italy	735 BC
Naples	City	Italy	700 BC
Tripoli	City	Libya	700 BC
Argos	City	Greece	700 BC
Varanasi	City	India	700 BC
Kavala	City	Greece	650 BC
Pompeii	City	Italy	600 BC
kite	City	Italy	600 BC
Varna	City	Bulgaria	600 BC
Thebes	City	Greece	600 BC
Paestum	City	Italy	600 BC
Genoa	City	Italy	600 BC
Marseilles	City	France	600 BC
Bologna	City	Italy	534 BC
Persepolis	City	Iran	521 BC
Plataea	City	Greece	500 BC
Tiwanaku	City	Bolivia	500 BC
Graea	City	Greece	500 BC
Angers	City	France	500 BC
Taranto	City	Italy	500 BC
Tanagra	City	Greece	500 BC
Halicarnassus	City	Turkey	500 BC
Thapsacus	City	Syria	400 BC
Agde	City	France	400 BC
Termessos	City	Turkey	400 BC
Tangier	City	Morocco	400 BC
Selge	City	Turkey	400 BC
Arles	City	France	400 BC
Agen	City	France	400 BC
Vaison-la-Romaine	City	France	400 BC
Megalopolis	City	Greece	371 BC
Alexandria	City	Egypt	331 BC
Thessaloniki	City	Greece	315 BC
Tarbes	City	France	300 BC
Matera	City	Italy	300 BC
Bilbao	City	Spain	250 BC
Nimes	City	France	200 BC
Albi	City	France	120 BC
Bayeux	City	France	100 BC
Luc-en-Diois	City	France	100 BC
Lyon	City	France	43 BC
Orange	City	France	35 BC

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