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Beirut was settled over 5,000 years ago, [2] and there is evidence that the surrounding area had already been inhabited for tens of thousands of years prior to this. Several prehistoric archaeological sites have been discovered within the urban area of Beirut, revealing flint tools from sequential periods dating from the Middle Palaeolithic and ...
Situated on Kangaroo Island, it was occupied by an Aboriginal group from as long as 16,000 years ago until their disappearance 2,000–4,000 years ago. Adelaide: South Australia Australia: 1836 AD State Capital of South Australia, Australia's first free settled colony. European settlement began in 1836. Geelong: Victoria Australia: 1838 AD
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on Jerusalem History Timeline City of David 1000 BCE Second Temple Period 538 BCE–70 CE Aelia Capitolina 130–325 CE Byzantine 325–638 CE Early Muslim 638–1099 Crusader 1099 ...
Athens has been inhabited from Neolithic times, possibly from the end of the fourth millennium BC, or over 5,000 years. [9] By 1412 BC, the settlement had become an important center of the Mycenaean civilization and the Acropolis was the site of a major Mycenaean fortress whose remains can be recognised from sections of the characteristic ...
It is the oldest European capital city and is the largest and oldest city in all of Greece. A recorded history encompassing 3,400 years is impressive enough, but the discovery of the Cave of ...
6000 BC: Evidence of habitation at the current site of Aleppo dates to about c. 8,000 years ago, although excavations at Tell Qaramel, 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the city show the area was inhabited about 13,000 years ago, [124] Carbon-14 dating at Tell Ramad, on the outskirts of Damascus, suggests that the site may have been occupied since ...
Around 5,000 years ago, the Mesopotamian shekel emerged as the first known form of currency. ... the upstart Ottomans became an empire when they conquered the capital city of the Byzantine Empire ...
The Erlitou civilization is divided into four phases, each of roughly 50 years. During Phase I, covering 100 hectares (250 acres), Erlitou was a rapidly growing regional center with estimated population of several thousand [ 125 ] but not yet an urban civilization or capital. [ 126 ]