Damascus is among the oldest continually inhabited …
Years: 1629BCE - 1486BCE
Damascus is among the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world.
Excavations at Tell Ramad on the outskirts of have demonstrated that the city has been inhabited as early as 8000 to 10,000 BCE.
Damascus is designated as having been part of the ancient province of Amurru in the Hyksos Kingdom, from 1720 to 1570 BCE. (MacMillan, pp.30-31).
