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  2. Jericho - Wikipedia

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    The identity and number of the inhabitants of Jericho during the PPNA period is still under debate, with estimates going as high as 2,000–3,000, and as low as 200–300. [12] [35] It is known that this population had domesticated emmer wheat, barley and pulses and hunted wild animals. [citation needed]

  3. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    Oldest still-inhabited city founded by Spaniards in Colombia. São Vicente, São Paulo: Governorate General of Brazil Brazil: 1532 AD First Portuguese city in the Americas. [66] Piura: Peru Peru: 1532 AD Oldest European-founded city in Peru. [67] Lima: Peru Peru: 1535 AD Second-oldest continuously inhabited European-settled capital city in ...

  4. UNESCO designates ancient Jericho ruins as World Heritage ...

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    The newly designated site, located in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, contains ruins dating back to the ninth millennium BCE. Jericho itself is one of the oldest continually inhabited ...

  5. History of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    The Fertile Crescent was inhabited by several distinct, flourishing cultures between the end of the last ice age (c. 10,000 BC) and the beginning of history. One of the oldest known Neolithic sites in Mesopotamia is Jarmo, settled around 7000 BC and broadly contemporary with Jericho (in the Levant) and Çatalhöyük (in Anatolia).

  6. 25 of the World's Oldest Cities That You Can Still Visit

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    Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. 1144 A.D. One of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States, Acoma Pueblo rests on a 365-foot mesa about 60 miles west of Albuquerque.

  7. History of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    Evidence of such settlements were found at Tel es-Sultan in Jericho and consisted of a number of walls, a religious shrine, and a 23-foot (7.0 m) tower with an internal staircase [5] Jericho is believed to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with evidence of settlement dating back to 9000 BCE, providing important ...

  8. Tell es-Sultan - Wikipedia

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    It is located adjacent to the Ein es-Sultan refugee camp, two kilometres north of the centre of the Palestinian city of Jericho. The tell was inhabited from the 10th millennium BCE, which makes Jericho among the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. [3] The site is notable for its role in the history of Levantine archaeology.

  9. Jericho Governorate - Wikipedia

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    The Jericho Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أريحا, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Arīḥā) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. Its capital is Jericho . The governorate is located along the eastern areas of the West Bank , along the northern Dead Sea and southern Jordan River valley bordering Jordan .