Damascus – perhaps the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world – is founded in modern-day Syria
Pottery from the 3rd millennium B.C.E. has been discovered in the Old City of Damascus.
Cities
Uruk, in Mesopotamia, becomes first city in the history of humanity
Uruk, however, is the only contender for the title of `oldest city’ which has physical evidence and written documentation, in the form of cuneiform texts, dating the activities of the community from the earliest period.
Eridu, perhaps the world’s first city, is founded in modern-day Iraq
Eridu was long considered the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia and is still today argued to be the oldest city in the world.
Humans of the Tlatilco culture found Tlapacoya, perhaps the first city in the Americas
Tlapacoya is an important archaeological site in Mexico, located at the foot of the Tlapacoya volcano, southeast of Mexico City, on the former shore of Lake Chalco.