10. Varanasi
- inhabited from: 5,000 years
- country: India
6. Sidon
- inhabited from: 6,000 years
- country: Lebanon
6. Plovdiv
- inhabited from: 6,000 years
- country: Bulgaria
6. Susa
- inhabited from: 6,300 years
- country: Iran
6. Erbil
- inhabited from: 6,000 years
- country: Iraq
3. Byblos
- inhabited from: 7,000 years
- country: Lebanon
6. Erbil
- inhabited from: 6,000 years
- country: Iraq
1. Damascus
- inhabited from: 11,000 years
- country: Syria
3. Argos
- inhabited from: 7,000 years
- country: Greece
1. Damascus
- inhabited from: 11,000 years
- country: Syria