شہروں کی فہرست بلحاظ قدامت

یہ اُن شہروں کی فہرست ہے جو لمبے عرصے سے مسلسل آباد ہیں َ۔ دنیا کے بہت سے شہروں کے شہری قدیم ترین شہر کے باسی ہونے کا دعویٰ کرتے ہیں۔ ان میں 
(بلخ, جبیل, حلب, دمشق, اور اریحا) شامل ہیں۔ 
 افریقہ، شمارلی 
 نام تاریخی علاوہ مقام جب سے مسلسل آباد ہے Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99 فیوم (as Shediet, Crocodilopolis, Ptolemais Euergetis, Arsinoe) زیریں مصر محافظہ فیوم, مصر  c. 4000 BCOvery et al. (1999:43); Aldred (1998:42,44)الاقصر (as Waset, better known by its Greek name Thebes)قدیم مصر  مصر  c. 3200 BC  First established as capital of بالائی مصر, Thebes later became the religious capital of the nation until its decline in the Roman period.Zeila/Avalite  Bilad al-Barbar صومالیہ  c. 9th century BC  Major trading city in the قرن افریقہ قرطاج   تونس  814 BC  Founded by the فونیقی.Yeha  D'mt  ایتھوپیا  c. 700 BC  One of the oldest site of continuous habitation in افریقہ جنوب صحرا.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 36راس عسیر  Bilad al-Barbar  صومالیہ  c. 500 BC  Referred to as Aromata promontorium by the قدیم یونان, Guardafui was described as early as the 1st century AD in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, along with other flourishing commercial settlements on the northern Somali littoral.James Hingston Tuckey, Maritime geography and statistics, or A description of the ocean and its coasts, maritime commerce, navigation, &c, (Printed for Black, Parry, and Co.: 1815), p.30.اکسوم  مملکت اکسوم  ایتھوپیا  c. 400 BC  Ancient capital of the Kingdom of Axumبربرہ  Bilad al-Barbar  صومالیہ  c. 400 BC  The city was described as 800 stadia beyond the city of the Avalites, described in the eighth chapter of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, which was written by a Greek merchant in the 1st century AD اسکندریہ   مصر  332 BC  Founded by سکندر اعظم Djenné-Jeno   مالی  c. 200 BC  One of the oldest known cities in ذیلی صحارائی افریقا  Ghadames (as Cydamus)   لیبیا  19 BC  Roman town founded in 19 BC but "archaeological evidence shows occupation of the area in the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras" قدیم قاہرہ   مصر  c. 100  Babylon Fortress moved to its current location in the reign of تراجان, forming the core of Old or Coptic Cairo کیسمایو Bilad al-Barbar, after the 14th century part of the سلطنت اجوران صومالیہ   4th century  The Kismayo area was originally a small fishing settlement and expendad to a major trading city on the Somali coast.Lee V. Cassanelli, The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900, (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.75. موغادیشو سلطنت موغادیشو  صومالیہ  c. 700  Successor of the ancient trading power of Sarapion فاس (as Fes-al-Bali)  مراکش  789  Founded as the new capital of the ادریسی سلطنت"Fes". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 3 March 2007 مراکش (شہر) (Murakuc)  مراکش  1070  Founded by the دولت مرابطین

 Africa, Southern 

 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99Igodomigodo  سلطنت بینن  نائجیریا  c. 400 BC  City of Benin, one of the oldest cities in Nigeriaایفی  اوسون ریاست   نائجیریا  c. 350 BC  Earliest traces of habitation date to the 4th century BC.  Sofala   موزمبیق  c. 700  One of the oldest harbours documented in جنوبی افریقہ (خطہ), Lamu   کینیا  c. 1300  Founded by Swahili settlers some time in the 14th century کیپ ٹاؤن  برٹش کیپ کالونی  جنوبی افریقا  1652  Founded by Dutch settlers from ولندیزی ایسٹ انڈیا کمپنی and is the oldest city in South Africa کوماسی  سلطنت اشانتی  گھانا  c. 1680  Founded as Akan village and capital of the Kumaseman State, later becoming capital of Ashanti Empire,

 America, Middle 

 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99CholulaOld Cholulaمیکسیکو c. 2nd century BCPre-Columbian Cholula grew from a small village to a regional center during the 7th century. Oldest still-inhabited city in the Americas.میکسیکو شہرMexica cultureMexico1325Founded as twin cities Tenōchtitlān (1325) and Tlāltelōlco (1337) by the Mexica. Named changed to Ciudad de México (Mexico City) after the Spanish conquest of the city in 1521. Several other pre-Columbian towns such as Azcapotzalco, Tlatelolco, زو کچی ملکو and Coyoacán have been engulfed by the still growing metropolis and are now part of modern Mexico City. Oldest capital city in the Americas.سانتو دومنگوہسپانیولاجمہوریہ ڈومینیکن1496Oldest European settlement in the New WorldSan Juanنیا ہسپانیہ پورٹو ریکو (US)1508Oldest continuously inhabited city in a US territoryNombre de Dios, ColónNew Granadaپاناما1510Oldest European settlement on the mainlands of the AmericasباراکواNew Spainکیوبا1511Oldest European settlement in CubaVera CruzNew SpainMexico1519Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement continental America.پاناما شہرNew Granadaپاناما1519Oldest city in the Americas on the Pacific Ocean and oldest European settlement on the Pacific.

 America, North 

 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99Acoma Pueblo and Taos Pueblo, نیو میکسیکوPueblo cultureUSc. 1075 Among the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the US (although not "cities")Oraibi, ArizonaHopi cultureUSc. 1100 Among the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the US (although not a "city")سینٹ جانز، نیوفنلینڈ اور لیبراڈارNewfoundland Colonyکینیڈا1540sOldest city in Canada, and oldest English-speaking city in the Americasسینٹ آگسٹین، فلوریڈاNew SpainUS1565Oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city within the United Statesجیمز ٹاون، ورجینیاColony of VirginiaUS1607First permanent English established settlement in the Americas.سانتا فے، نیو میکسیکوNew Spain US 1607 Oldest continuously inhabited state or territorial capital in the continental United States.کیوبک شہرنیا فرانسCanada1608Second oldest city in Canada and oldest French-speaking city in the Americas.البانی، نیو یارکNew NetherlandsUS1614Followed by جرسی شہر، نیو جرسی (Communipaw) in 1617 and New York City (as New Amsterdam) in 1624 or 1625. (Note: While there was an abandonment in 1617 or 1618 of the Albany settlement, it was re-established within a few years; also, the Jersey City settlement was a factorij or trading post in the 1610s and didn't become a "homestead" (bouwerij) until the 1630s. Settlements in New Netherlands sometimes moved around in the early years.)پلایماؤت، میساچوسٹسپلایماؤت کالونیUS1620Fourth oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the United StatesSanta Fe, New Mexico, which is sometimes cited for this, was abandoned due to Indian raiding from 1680 to 1692, and its inhabitants did not succeed in living in the area continuously until after 1692.Saint JohnNew FranceCanada1631Third oldest city in Canadaترو-ریویائرNew FranceCanada1634Fourth oldest city in CanadaمانٹریالNew FranceCanada1642Fifth oldest city in Canadaسو سینٹ ماری، مشی گنNew FranceUS1668Oldest European-founded city in the Midwestern United States and third oldest American city west of the Appalachian Mountains.سان ڈیگوNew SpainUS1769Birthplace of کیلی فورنیا and oldest city on the West Coast of the United States

 America, South 

 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99Upper XinguXingu cultureبرازیلc. 800 AD A network of settlements continuously inhabited since the late 1st millennium AD. A highly urbanized Kuikuro settlement was home to upwards of 10,000 people in the densely forested Upper Xingu. Their numbers declined sharply after contacts with Europeans in the 16th century.کیٹوQuitu cultureایکواڈور980 Quito's origins date back to 2000 BC, when the Quitu tribe occupied the area.کوزکوانکاپیروc. 1100 The Killke occupied the region from 900 to 1200, prior to the arrival of the انکا in the 13th century. Carbon-14 dating of Saksaywaman, the walled complex outside Cusco, has demonstrated that the Killke culture constructed the fortress about 1100.Kelly Hearn, "Ancient Temple Discovered Among Inca Ruins", National Geographic News, 31 March 2008, accessed 12 January 2010سانتا مارتاNew Granadaکولمبیا1525Oldest still-inhabited city founded by Spaniards in Colombia.São Vicente, São PauloGovernorate General of Brazilبرازیل1532First Portuguese settlement in South AmericaبوگوتاNew Granadaکولمبیا1538Oldest European-founded capital city in South America.سانتیاگو دل استروRío de la Plataارجنٹائن1553Oldest continuously inhabited city in ارجنٹائن

 Asia, Central and Southern 
 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99بلخ (as Bactra)باخترصوبہ بلخ, افغانستان  1500 BCبنارسہندوستان کا آہنی دوراتر پردیش, India c. 1200–1100 BCہندوستان کا آہنی دور foundation (منقش خاکستری برتنوں کی ثقافت).اوجین (As Avanti)  مالوہ  India   c. 800 BC  Rose to prominence in ca 700 BC as capital of Avanti during India's second wave of urbanization. Walled in ca 600 BC.سمرقند  سغد  ازبکستان   700 BC Rajagriha (راجگیر) سلطنت مگدھ بہار (بھارت), India   600 BCمدورائے  پانڈیہ شاہی سلسلہ  تمل ناڈو, India   500 BC There are accounts of Megasthenes (c. 350 – 290 BC) a Greek ethnographer in the Hellenistic period, author of the work Indica, having visited Madurai (then, a bustling city and capital of Pandya Kingdom). مہاونش, the Sri Lankan chronicle mentions that King Vijaya married a princess from Madurai, and his period is mentioned to be around 543 BC.ضلع ویشالی  سلطنت مگدھ بہار (بھارت), India   500 BCIrows.ucr.edu پٹنہ  سلطنت مگدھ بہار (بھارت), India   5th century BCAs Pataliputra was founded by اجاتشترو.پشاورگندھاراخیبر پختونخوا, پاکستان c. 400–300 BCOngoing excavations in the گور کھٹری region have given proof of the ancient foundations of the city and have established Peshawar as one of the oldest settlements in Central and South Asia.Mahasthangarh, بوگراPundravardhanaبوگرا ضلع, بنگلہ دیش 4th century BCRemains of the ancient city of Pundranagara.تھانجاور  Early Chola kingdom  تمل ناڈو, India   300 BC Some scholars believe that the city has been existing since the سنگم ادبBamyanباخترصوبہ بامیان, افغانستان  1st century ADکھٹمنڈو-پاٹن، نیپال  نیپال  کھٹمنڈو valley, نیپال   c. 2nd century ADThe epigraphically attested history of Kathmandu valley begins in the 2nd century. Folklore speaks of a hoarier past.

 Asia, Eastern 
 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99لوویانگ (as Zhenxun, Xibo)  شیا خاندان  ہینان, China  c. 2070 BC شیان (as Haojing, Fenghao, Chang'an, Daxing)  چو  شانسی, China  c. 1100 BC Beijing Ji, Yan  بیجنگ, China  c. 1045 BC سوژو (as Gusu, Wu)  Wu  جیانگسو, China  514 BC چینگدو  Shu  سیچوان, China  c. 400 BC  The 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.نانجنگ (as Yecheng, Jianye, Jiankang, Jinling)  Wu  جیانگسو, China  c. 495 BC  Fu Chai, Lord of the State of Wu, founded a fort named Yecheng (冶城) in today's Nanjing area.کائفینگ (as Daling, Bianzhou, Dongjing, Bianjing)  Wei  ہینان, China  c. 364 BC  The State of Wei founded a city called Daliang (大梁）as its capital in this area. گوانگژو (as Panyu)  چن خاندان  گوانگڈونگ, China  214 BC ہانگژو (as Lin'an)  چن خاندان  ژجیانگ, China  c. 200 BC  The city of Hangzhou was founded about 2,200 years ago during the Qin Dynasty.پیانگ یانگ (as Wanggeom-seong)  Gojoseon  شمالی کوریا  194 BC  Built as the capital city of Gojoseon in 194 BC.گیونگ جو  Silla  جنوبی کوریا  57 BC  Built as the capital city of Silla in 57 BC.سیول (as Wiryeseong)  Baekjae  جنوبی کوریا  18 BC  Built as the capital city of Baekjae in 18 BC.اوساکا (as Naniwa)  جاپان  جاپان  c. 400 AD  It was inhabited as early at the 6th-5th centuries BC, and became a port city during the Kofun period. It temporarily served as the capital of Japan from 645 to 655.Nara (as Heijō-kyō)  جاپان  جاپان  710 AD  Built as a new capital city in 710.کیوٹو (as Heian-kyō, and sometimes known in the west as Miyako)  جاپان  جاپان  794 AD  Shimogamo Shrine was built in the 6th century, but the city was officially founded as Heian-kyō when it became the capital in 794.

 Asia, Southeastern 
 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99ہنوئی Jiaozhou  ویتنام  454 AD  First mentioned as Tống Bình in 454 AD, the Đại La citadel was built in 767 during the reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang;  Ly Cong Uan  renamed it Thăng Long in 1010.پالمبانگ  سریویجیا  انڈونیشیا  c. 600 AD  Oldest city in the Malay Archipelago, capital of the سریویجیا empire.لوانگ پرابانگ  Muang Sua  لاؤس   698 ADسیئم ریئپ  سلطنت خمیر  کمبوڈیا   801 AD Capital of the سلطنت خمیر.Bagan  Kingdom of Pagan  میانمار   849 ADhttp://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21578171-why-investors-still-need-proceed-caution-promiseand-pitfalls Business: The promise—and the pitfalls  منیلا  Kingdom of Tondo and Kingdom of Maynila  فلپائن  900 AD  Oldest known settlement in the Philippines as documented by the Laguna Copperplate Inscription; when the Spanish, led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, arrived, it was still inhabited and led by at least one datu.بندر سری بگاوان  Kingdom of Po-ni  برونائی دار السلام   977 AD  Oldest city in بورنیو.بوتوان  Kingdom of Butuan  فلپائن   1001 ADScott, William Prehispanic Source Materials: For the Study of Philippine History, p. 66  Oldest city in مینداناؤ.Kediri  Kediri Kingdom  انڈونیشیا   1042 AD  Along with changes in name, it is essentially a union of the two capitals of Panjalu Kingdom and Janggala Kingdom. The settlements are always interspersed along both banks of Brantas River. Administratively, the Government of انڈونیشیا divides Kediri into two political entities, Kediri Regency and the Town of Kediri which is located in the middle of the regency. Nevertheless, archaeological remains exist beyond administrative boundaries and settlements often spread disregarding administrative boundaries between both entities.سنگاپور  مملکت سنگاپورہ  سنگاپور   1170 AD  

 Asia, Western 
Continuous habitation since the تانبے کا دور (or  Copper Age ) is vaguely possible but highly problematic to prove archaeologically for several سرزمین شامine cities (اریحا, جبیل, حلب, دمشق, صیدا and بیروت).

Cities became more common outside the زرخیز ہلال with the آہنی دور from about 1100 BC. The foundation of Rome in 753 BC is conventionally taken as one of the dates initiating کلاسیکی عہد.

 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited as a "city" since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99 اربیل بین النہرین عراقی کردستان, عراق  6000 BC or earlierThe Citadel of Arbil is a fortified settlement in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. The city corresponds to ancient Arbela. Urban life at Erbil (kurdish: Hewlêr) can be dated back to at least 6000 BC, and it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. جبیل (Jubayl) سرزمین شام لبنان  تانبے کا دور (5000 BC or earlier) Settled from the Neolithic (carbon-dating tests have set the age of earliest settlement around 7000), a city since the 3rd millennium BC. Byblos had a reputation as the "oldest city in the world" in Antiquity (according to Philo of Byblos). Aleppo سرزمین شام شام  تانبے کا دور (4,300 BC or earlier) , Aleppo - telegraph.co.uk Evidence of habitation at the current site of Aleppo dates to about c. 8,000 years ago, although excavations at Tell Qaramel, 25 kilometers north of the city show the area was inhabited about 13,000 years ago, , tell qaramel the Temple of Hadad inside the قلعہ حلب date to c. 2400 BC., hadad temple دمشق سرزمین شام شام تانبے کا دور 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. Susa (Shush) صوبہ خوزستان ایران  4200 BC Archaeological excavations indicate that the site has been inhabited since at least 5000 BC. The emergence of acropolis in سوسن (شہر) is determined by C14 dating from 4395-3955 BC, roughly dated about 4200 BC as time of foundation. Susa was a large city during Ancient and Medieval periods, but marginalized in 13th century due to Mongol invasion. The city further degraded from 15th century when a majority of its population moved to دزفول and it remained as a small settlement until the 20th century. صیدا سرزمین شام لبنان  4000 BCSidon There is evidence that Sidon was inhabited from as long ago as 4000 BC, and perhaps, as early as Neolithic times (6000 – 4000 BC). غازی انتیپ اناطولیہ جنوب مشرقی اناطولیہ علاقہ, ترکی  c. 3650 BCThe world's oldest cities , telegraph.co.uk Although most modern scholars place the Classical Antiochia ad Taurum at Gaziantep, some maintain that it was located at Aleppo. Furthermore, that the two cities occupy the same site is far from established fact. Assuming this to be the case, the founding date of the present site would be about 1000 BC.Gaziantep اریحا سرزمین شام مغربی کنارہ  تانبے کا دور (3000 BC or earlier) Traces of habitation from 9000 BC. Fortifications date to 6800 BC (or earlier), making Jericho the earliest known walled city.Michal Strutin, Discovering Natural Israel (2001), p. 4.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the city was destroyed and abandoned several times (sometimes remaining uninhabited for hundreds of years at a time), with later rebuilding and expansion.Kenneth Kitchen, "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" (Eerdmans 2003), pp.187 Rey ماد ایران  3000 BC"Rayy", Encyclopædia Britannica A settlement at the site goes back to the 3rd millennium BC. Rey (also Ray or Rayy) is mentioned in the اوستا (an important text of prayers in زرتشتیت) as a sacred place, and it is also featured in the کتاب طوبیاہ. بیروت سرزمین شام لبنان  3000 BCUnder Beirut's Rubble, Remnants of 5,000 Years of Civilization Jerusalem (Old City) سرزمین شام مغربی کنارہ  2800 BC Tyre سرزمین شام لبنان  2750 BCTyre City, Lebanon جنین، مغربی کنارہ سرزمین شام مغربی کنارہ  c. 2450 BCJenin Governorate. Jenin's history goes back to 2450 BC, when it was built by the کنعان. After 1244, Jenin flourished economically because of its location on the trade route, until a major earthquake completely destroyed the city. کرکوک (as Arrapha) بین النہرین محافظہ کرکوک, Iraq  3000–2200 BCeither The destruction of the Kirkuk Castle by the Iraqi regime.  or History Channel  for the earlier date یافا سرزمین شام اسرائیل  c. 2000 BC Archaeological evidence shows habitation from 7500 BC.Excavations at Ancient Jaffa (Joppa). Tel Aviv University. الخلیل سرزمین شام مغربی کنارہ  c. 1500 BC "Hebron is considered one of the oldest cities and has been continuously inhabited for nearly 3500 years." Gaza سرزمین شام غزہ پٹی  c. 1000 BC While evidence of habitation dates back at least 5,000 years, it is said to be continuously inhabited for a little more than 3,000 years. ہمدان (as ہگمتانہ) ماد ایران  c. 800 BCInternational dictionary of historic places By Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, K. A. Berney, Paul E. Schellinger نابلس (as سکم، مقام بائبل) سرزمین شام مغربی کنارہ  c. 100 Nablus is a کنعانite city. It was inhabited since the 4th millennium BC. In 724 BC it has been ruined by Assyria and after revival in the 3rd and 2nd centuries, it has been finally destroyed by the Hasmonean Hyrcanus in 128 BC. 200 years later the new Roman city was founded next to the ruined settlement.Nablus Municipality. عمان (شہر)  (as عمان (شہر)) سرزمین شام اردن  c. 1878 Amman has been inhabited by several civilizations. The first civilization on record is during the جدید زمانہ پتھر period, around 7500 BC, when archaeological discoveries in 'Ain Ghazal. It was then destroyed by several earthquakes and natural disasters in the Middle Ages, and remained a small village and a pile of ruins for about 500 years, until the چیرکاسیاn settlement in 1878.

 Europe 

 Name Historical region Location Continuously inhabited since Notes!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99Amesburyجدید زمانہ پتھر, جزیرہ برطانیہ عظمیUK (England) 8th millennium BC.Continuously inhabited settlement, for the past 10,800 years,Provadiaجدید زمانہ پتھر, Danubian PlainBulgaria 4700 BC.Solnitsata, the oldest town in Europe was estabilished in 4700 BCآرگوسجدید زمانہ پتھر, مائی سینیائی یونانGreece 5th millennium BC.Continuously inhabited mostly as an urban settlement, for the past 7,000 years, historical, recorded history since second half of 1st millennium BC.ایتھنز Neolithic, Mycenaean Greeceعتیقیہ, Greece 5th–4th Millennium BCS. Immerwahr, The Athenian Agora XII: the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, Princeton 1971Earliest human presence 11th–7th millennium BC, recorded history begins in 1400 BC. پلوودیف تھریس پلوودیف صوبہ, بلغاریہ 3000The World's Oldest Cities , The Daily Telegraph – 4000 BCДетев, П. Разкопки на Небет тепе в Пловдив, ГПАМ, 5, 1963, pp. 27–30Ботушарова, Л. Стратиграфски проучвания на Небет тепе, ГПАМ, 5, 1963, pp. 66–70 Thracian foundation. Earliest evidence of a settlement dates back to 6000 BC.Plovdiv: New ventures for Europe’s oldest inhabited city , The Courier, January/February 2010 کوتائیسی Colchis ایمرتی province, Georgia c. 2000 BC Founded as Aia. Archeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the kingdom of Colchis as early as the 2nd millennium BC. It is widely believed by historians that when Apollonius Rhodius was writing about جاسن and the آرگوناٹ and their legendary journey to Colchis, Kutaisi/Aia was the final destination of the Argonauts and the residence of King Aeëtes. خانیا کریٹ کریٹ, Greece c. 1400 BC مینوسی تہذیب foundation as کیدونیا لارناکا Alashiya قبرص c. 1400 BC مائی سینیائی یونان, then فونیقیn colony تھیبیس، یونان Mycenaean Greece بوتیہ, Greece c. 1400 BC مائی سینیائی یونان foundationتریکالاMycenaean Greeceثیسالیا, Greece before 1200 BC founded as TrikkeخالسیسMycenaean GreeceGreece before 1200 BCmentioned by ہومرلزبنIron Age IberiaPortugal c. 1200 BCA settlement since the جدید زمانہ پتھر. Allis Ubbo, arguably a فونیقیn name, became Olissipo(-nis) in Greek and لاطینی زبان (also Felicitas Julia after Roman conquest in 205 BC).کادیزIron Age Iberiaاندلوسیا, Spain 1100 BCfounded as فونیقیn Gadir, "Europe's oldest city"andalucia.com;پاتراسمائی سینیائی یونانGreece c. 1100 BCfounded by Patreusمتسختا  Caucasian Iberia  Georgia  c. 1000 BC  Remains of towns at this location have been dated to earlier than the year 1000 BC, and Mtskheta was capital of the early Georgian Kingdom of Iberia during the 3rd century BC – 5th century AD. It was the site of early Christian activity, and the location where Christianity was proclaimed the ریاستی مذہب of Georgia in 337.میتیلینی  Lesbos  شمالی ایجیئن, Greece  10th century BC Chios  خیوس  شمالی ایجیئن, Greece  c. 1100 BC  یریوان  اورارتو  آرمینیا   782 BC  Baghdasaryan A., Simonyan A, et al. «Երևան» (Yerevan). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. iii. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1977, pp. 548–564. Founded as Erebuni. The Shengavit Settlement in the southwestern district of Yerevan was founded in the late 4th millennium BC, during the تانبے کا دور period. اشبیلیہ Iron Age Iberia اندلوسیا, Spain 8th century BC founded as Tartessian Spal. مالقہ Iron Age Iberia اندلوسیا, Spain 8th century BC founded as فونیقیn Malaka.The Phoenicians and the West: politics, colonies and trade. María Eugenia Aubet کالیاری  ساردینیا  ساردینیا, Italy  8th century BC Founded by فونیقیns from Tyre as Krly, Caralis in roman times, Callaris in middle ages.روم  لاتیوم  لاتزیو, Italy  753 BC  Continuous habitation since approximately 1000 BC.; pastoral village on the northern part of the پیلاٹین پہاڑی dated to the 9th century BC; see also History of Rome and روم کا قیام.میسینا (as Zancle)  صقلیہ  صقلیہ  8th century BC رجیو کلابریا (as Rhégion)  ماگنا گریسا  کلابریا, Italy  743 BC  Continuous habitation since approximately 1500 BC, as we have notice about the Ausonian-Italic pre-Greek settlement and about the sculptor Léarchos of Reggio (early 15th century BC) and King Iokastos (late 13th century BC).Syracuse  صقلیہ  صقلیہ, Italy  734 BC  A colony of the Greek city of کورینتھوولتیرا  تسکانہ  تسکانہ, Italy  c. 725 BC  An Etruscan mining settlement Unesco history of Volterraکروتونے (as Kroton)  کلابریا  ماگنا گریسا, Italy  710 BC تارانتو (as Taras)  ماگنا گریسا  پلیہ, Italy  706 BC Corfu, Kerkyra  کورفو  ایونی جزائر, Greece  700 BC ناپولی ماگنا گریسا Italy  c. 680 BCActually the date at which an older settlement close by, called Parthenope, was founded by settlers from کومئی. This eventually merged with Neapolis proper, which was founded c. 470 BC. استنبول/بازنطیوم تھریس اناطولیہ ترکی  685 BC Anatolia  667 BC Thrace Neolithic site dated to 6400 BC, over port of Lygos by Thracians c. 1150 BCدراج  ایلیریا  البانیا  627 BC FoundedAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 330,"Epidamnos was founded in either 627 or 625 (Hieron. Chron" by settlers from کورفو & کورینتھ as Epidamnosکرچ  جزیرہ نما کریمیا  روس/یوکرین  7th century BC  Feodosiya (as Theodosia)  جزیرہ نما کریمیا  روس/یوکرین  7th century BC  ایدیسا، یونانMacedonia Greece before the 6th century BC capital of Macedonia up to 6th century BCمارسیلز (as Massilia)  گول علاقہ  France  600 BC  A colony of the Greek city of Phocaeaوارنا  تھریس  Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, بلغاریہ  585 BC – 570 BC  foundedAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 936, as Odessos by settlers from تھیلزSant Martí d'Empúries (as Emporion)  جزیرہ نما آئبیریا  کاتالونیا, Spain  ca. 575 BC  A colony of the Greek city of Phocaea. Present Sant Martí is on the ancient Palaiopolis of Emporion, in an island next to the coast; in 550 BC, the inhabitants moved to the mainland, creating the Neapolis: Palaiapolis remained as a small neighbourhood.کاوالا  Macedonia  Greece  6th century BC  founded as NeapolisMangalia  داکیا  رومانیہ  6th century BC  founded as Callatisکونستانتسا  داکیا  رومانیہ  6th century BC  founded as Tomisمانتووا  وادی پو  لومباردیہ, Italy  6th century BC  Village settlement since c. 2000 BC; became an Etruscan city in the 6th century BC.Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi  بیسارابیہ  یوکرین  6th century BC  founded as Tyrasسیرس  Macedonia Greece  5th century BC  first mentioned in the 5th century BC as SirisLamiaGreeceGreece before the 5th century BC first mentioned 424 BCویروئا  Macedonia Greece  c. 432 BC first mentioned by تھوسی ڈائڈز in 432 BCRhodes  رودوش, بحیرہ ایجیئن  جزائر دؤدیکانیز, Greece  c. 408 BCصوفیہ  موئسیا  Sofia Valley, بلغاریہ  4th century BC  کیلٹ foundation as Serdica.The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC by John Boardman, I. E. S. Edwards, E. Sollberger, and N. G. L. Hammond, ISBN 0-521-22717-8, 1992, page 600: "In the place of the vanished Treres and Tilataei we find the Serdi for whom there is no evidence before the first century BC. It has for long being supposed on convincing linguistic and archeological grounds that this tribe was of Celtic origin."میتز  گول علاقہ  France  4th century BC  founded as the اوپیڈم of کیلٹ Mediomatrici. However, Human permanent presence has been established in the site since 2500 BC.Roses (as Rhode)  جزیرہ نما آئبیریا  کاتالونیا, Spain  4th century BC  The exactly origin of the city is unknown, but there are remains of a Greek colony from the 4th century BC, although some historians consider the foundation earlier, at the 8th century BC. However, permanent human presence has been established in the site since 3000 BC as evidenced by the different megalithic monuments surrounding the city.قابالا (as Kabalaka)  قفقازی البانیا  آذربائیجان  4th century BC  Archeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the Caucasian Albania as early as the 4th century BC.Revisiting History ستارا زاگورا  تھریس  بلغاریہ  342 BC  It was called Beroe in ancient times and was founded by فلپ دوم مقدونیWomen and slaves in Greco-Roman culture: differential equations by Sandra Rae Joshel, Sheila Murnaghan,1998,page 214,"Philip II founded cities at Beroe, Kabyle, and Philippopolis in 342/1, and Aegean-style urban life began to penetrate Thrace."Late Roman villas in the Danube-Balkan region by Lynda Mulvin,2002,page 19,"Other roads went through Beroe (founded by Philip II of Macedon)",Philip of Macedon by Louïza D. Loukopoulou,1980,page 98, "Upriver in the valley between the Rhodope and Haimos Philip founded Beroe (Stara Zagora) and Philippolis (Plovdiv)."The cities in Thrace and Dacia in late antiquity: (studies and materials) by Velizar Iv Velkov,1977,page 128, "Founded by Philipp 11 on the site of an old Thracian settlement, it has existed without interruption from that time." although a Thracian settlement neolithic inhabitation have been discovered as well.تھیسالونیکی مقدونیہ (قدیم مملکت)Greece 315 BCfounded as a new city in the same place of the older city Therme.بیرات  مقدونیہ (قدیم مملکت)  البانیا  314 BC  FoundedEpirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of ... by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond,"founded Antipatreia in Illyria at c. 314 BC" by Cassander as بیراتووکووار  ایلیریا  کرویئشا  3500 BC  Vučedol cultureزغرب  ایلیریا  کرویئشا  1 st century  In the region of today's Zagreb, Romans founded the city Andautonia.بلغراد  ایلیریا  سربیا  279 BC  Vinča culture prospered around Belgrade in the 6th millennium BC. Founded as Singidunum.نیش  ایلیریا  سربیا  279 BC  Founded as Navissos. Neolithic settlements date to 5000–2000 BC.Cartagena (as Carthago Nova)  جزیرہ نما آئبیریا  Spain  228 BC  Carthaginian colony, founded by Hasdrubal BarcaBarcelona (as Barcino)  جزیرہ نما آئبیریا  کاتالونیا, Spain  3rd century BC  Unknown origin. Several neolithics tombs (5000-4500 BC) and remains from the Iberian period have been found, as well as several drachma coins inscribed with the word "Barkeno". There is also a hypothesis about a small Greek settlement called Kallípolis to have existed in the area. However, the first archaeological remains of buildings are from the Roman period.تاریگؤنا (as Tarraco)  جزیرہ نما آئبیریا  کاتالونیا, Spain  218 BC  Roman colony, founded by گنایوس کورنیلیوس اسکیپیو کالووس and Publius Cornelius Scipio Stobi/Gradsko  Macedonia  جمہوریہ مقدونیہ  217 BC  founded as Stobi by Philip V of Macedonسرمسکا میترووتسا  ایلیریا  سربیا  1st century BC  Founded as Sirmium. Neolithic settlements date to 5000 BC and are with other archeological findings evidence to continuous habitation.سمیدیریوو  ایلیریا  سربیا  1st century BC  Founded as Semendria.لیوبلیانا  اطالیہ  سلووینیا  50 BC  Area first settled by people living in pile dwellings around 2000 BC. Around 50 BC, the Romans built a military encampment that later became a permanent settlement called Iulia Aemona.Ptuj  Pannonia  سلووینیا  1st century BC  Ptuj is the oldest city in Slovenia. There is evidence that the area was settled in the Stone Age. In the Late Iron Age it was settled by Celts. By the 1st century BC, the settlement was controlled by Ancient Rome. Évora  Lusitania  Portugal  53 BC (Roman conquest)  Evidence of Lusitanian settlement prior to Roman occupation. پیرس لوتیتیاFrance 52 BC Archaeological evidence indicates human habitation as early as 4200 BC.Pars.culture.fr During the Gallic Wars, Caesar's armies set fire to Lutetia "a town of the Parisii, situated on an island on the river Seine."Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars , book 7 While only a garrison at best on the Île de la Cité during some periods after 1st and 2nd century, was renamed Paris in 360 ADParisinfo.comClassical Antiquities, by Johann Joachim Eschenburg, 1860, p 6 زیورخ (Lindenhof)  گول علاقہ  Switzerland  c. 50 BC  lakeside settlement traces dating to the Neolithic. ترئیر  Gallia Belgica  Germany  30 BC  Oldest city in Germany. نیمیخن  Germania Inferior  Netherlands  19 BC  Oldest city in the Netherlands. کؤر  Raetia Prima  گراوبوندن, Switzerland  15 BC  habitation since the 4th millennium BC (Pfyn culture). Worms  Germania Superior  Germany   14 BC The name of the city derives from the Latin designation Borbetomagus which is of Celtic origin. تونگرین  Germania Inferior  Belgium  10 BC  Oldest city in Belgium. زولوتورن  گول علاقہ  Switzerland  c. 20 AD Evidence of pre-Roman, Celtic settlement; newly founded by the Romans between 14 and 37 AD, called the "oldest city in Gaul besides Trier" in a verse on the city's clock tower. لندن (as لوندینیوم) رومی برطانیہ  UK (England)  43 AD Archaeological evidence near ووکسہول پل indicates that the wider area has been occupied for at least 3,500 years. Bath (as Aquae Sulis)  رومی برطانیہ  UK (England)  43 AD The city was established as a spa town by the قدیم روم in 43 ADVisit Bath, History and Heritage | http://visitbath.co.uk/site/media/information-sheets/history-and-heritage کولون (علاقہ)  Germania Inferior  Germany   50 AD  Founded in 38 BC by the Ubii, a جرمن لوگ, as اوپیڈم Ubiorum. In 50 AD, the Romans adopted the location as Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium and the city became in 85 AD the capital of the Roman province. ونچیسٹر (as Venta Belgarum)  رومی برطانیہ  UK (England) c. 70 AD  Winchester was built as a Roman town in c. 70 AD.Lambert T., A SHORT HISTORY OF WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND, http://www.localhistories.org/winchester.html یورک (as ایبروراکوم)  رومی برطانیہ  UK (England) c. 72 AD  The city was founded in or around AD 72 when the 9th Roman Legion set up camp there.York Museums Trust, History of York.org.uk , Roman, http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/romanاسکوپیہ  Macedonia (Roman province)  جمہوریہ مقدونیہ  81–96 AD  Founded in the time of دومیتیان as Scupi.نووی ساد  ایلیریا  سربیا  1st century AD  Founded as Cusum. باکو آذربائیجان Absheron peninsula The 1st century AD. The first written evidence for Baku dates to the 1st century AD.وردونLotharingiaFrance 4th centuryseat of the bishop of Verdun from the 4th century, but populated earlier.کیف  Medieval East Slavic civilization  یوکرین  482 AD Founded by مشرقی سلاو leader Kyi. Some sources suggest Kiev was founded in 640 BC. تبلیسی Caucasian Iberia Kartli province, Georgia c. 500 According to the widely accepted legend the city was founded by King Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Georgia. New archaeological studies of the region have revealed that the territory of Tbilisi was settled by humans as early as the 4th millennium BC. The earliest actual (recorded) accounts of settlement of the location come from the 4th century, when a fortress was built during King Varaz-Bakur's reign.ابرڈینPictlandUK (Scotland) c. 580 A settlement was established by c. 580 when records show the city's first church was built then. However, there is archaeological evidence of settlements in the area dating back to 6000BC.City of Aberdeen, http://www.scottishaccommodationindex.com/aberdeenpics.htm ایڈنبرا as Din EidynGododdinUK (Scotland) c. 580 Edinburgh is mention as a settlement in the poem Y Gododdin, traditionally dated to the around the late 6th and early 7th century.Hurlstone K., and Jackson, A, (1969), The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. P. 4 – ISBN 978-0-85224-049-6 The Poem uses The Brythonic name Din Eidyn (Fort of Eidyn) for Edinburgh and describes it as the capital of Gododdin. It is not until around 638 that the city starts being referred to as Edin-burh or Edinburgh, after the city was conquered by the Angles of Berniciaپراگ  بوہیمیا  Czech Republic  c. 6th century  The first written record dates back to the 10th century.اینورنسPictlandUK (Scotland) c. 6th centuryA settlement was established by the 6th century when St Columba visited the Pictish King Brude at his fortress there.Lambert, T., A BRIEF HISTORY OF INVERNESS, SCOTLAND, http://www.localhistories.org/inverness.htmlگلاسگوDál Riata or  Alt Clut UK (Scotland) c. 6th centuryA settlement was founded in the 6th centuryGlasgows-timeline |(http://www.seeglasgow.com/seeglasgow/about-glasgow/glasgows-timeline  by St Mungo, who is the city's patron Saint.Saint Mungo | http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/aaj50/mungo.htm ایونیابازنطینی سلطنتGreece 527–565founded by emperor جسٹینین اولکراکوف (Wawel Hill)  Lesser Poland  Poland  7th centurywawel.krakow.pl  The first written record dates back to the 10th century.آرہس   Denmark  c. 770  Ribe  جٹ لینڈ  ڈنمارک   704–710  Oldest town in Denmarkستارایا لادوگا   Russia  753 ایراکلیونکریٹGreece 824founded by the سیراسنڈبلن  Ireland  Ireland  841  Dublin was founded as a city by the وائى كنگ in the 9th century, but there were two older Irish settlements which existed on the same spot several centuries before they arrived; Áth Cliath ("ford of hurdles") and Duiblinn ("Black Pool").ویلیکی نووگورود   Russia  859 پولوتسک   Belarus  862 ریکیاوک  آئس لینڈ  آئس لینڈ  c. 871 کسانتھی  تھریس  Greece  before 879 first medieval reference as Xantheiaویٹبسک   Belarus  947 Skara   Sweden  988 لونڈ  Denmark  Sweden  c. 990 ترونہائیم  ناروے  ناروے  997  Founded by king Olav Tryggvason. Archaeological findings of city settlement back to the 8th century.

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 نام تاریخی علاقہ مقام جب سے مسلسل آباد ہے نوٹس!a!a!a−9e99~z~z~z9e99تیرنات شہر  Sultanate of Ternate  انڈونیشیا   1109 AD  Twin of Tidore, oldest surviving Papuan cities.تیدور  Sultanate of Tidore  انڈونیشیا   1109 AD  Twin of Ternate, oldest surviving Papuan cities.سڈنینیو ساؤتھ ویلزآسٹریلیا1788آسٹریلیا اور اوشیانہ کا قدیم ترین شہر،آسٹریلیا کا دارالحکومتlہوبارٹتسمانیاAustralia1803Second oldest city in Australia, State CapitalNewcastleNew South WalesAustralia1804Third oldest city in AustraliaLauncestonTasmaniaAustralia1806Fourth oldest city in AustraliaKerikeriNorthlandنیوزی لینڈ c. 1818Oldest European settlement in New ZealandبرسبینکوئنزلینڈAustralia1825Fifth oldest city in Australia, State CapitalAlbanyمغربی آسٹریلیاAustralia1827Oldest city in the West Coast of AustraliaپرتھWestern AustraliaAustralia1829State CapitalملبورنVictoriaAustralia1835State Capitalایڈیلیڈجنوبی آسٹریلیاAustralia1836State CapitalDarwinشمالی علاقہ (آسٹریلیا)Australia1869State Capitalکینبراآسٹریلوی دارالحکومت علاقہAustralia1913Capital city of Australia

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Aldred, Cyril (1998). The Egyptians. Thames and Hudson: London.
Overy et al. (1999). The Times History of The World: New Edition. Times Books/Harper-Collins: London.

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