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Jack Cooper's avatar

How interesting! It reminds me of Crassus’ awe at marching past the remains of long dead and forgotten cities. How little we understand of our species is wild!

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Petros Koutoupis's avatar

I am no authority here and I don't know what the experts are looking for exactly in these dates. For instance, in the case of Eridu, settlement goes back to 5400 BCE but was it on a scale or at least large enough to be considered "a city"? If not, then at what point and through what markers do we label Eridu "a city" and not just a settlement (or village or ...)?

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Martin's avatar

Define "the size" of a city.

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Joseph Stitt's avatar

I was wondering about something similar. Jericho is also very old, but I'm not sure if it's being excluded from consideration because it didn't meet some size threshold.

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Gary Porter's avatar

It was in The middle of the Atlantic and was called Groggle

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suryanarayanan k's avatar

Knowledge at plain sight might remain hidden for a time until the thirst for learning digs up the treasure of knowledge

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MoT's avatar

Were there not cities in South America as old or older than that?

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Petros Koutoupis's avatar

None that I am aware of but I am also not very familiar with the history of the New World.

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Petros Koutoupis's avatar

None that I am aware of but I am also not very familiar with the history of the New World.

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The Elder (Council Of Elders)'s avatar

You.lost me at “This site in Ukraine dates back to 4000 BCE, making it the oldest urban settlement ever discovered.”

Anyone heard of Jericho?

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Rose's avatar

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The remains of a city has been discovered in India & they reckon it could have been inhabited 20k years ago - no weaponry found or any evidence of war. The important people were the women.

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Luke's avatar

You made this up.

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Petros Koutoupis's avatar

I didn’t write the article.

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Luke's avatar

I wasn’t talking to you

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The New England Scholar's avatar

Love your work.

https://open.substack.com/pub/scholarstudy

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Petros Koutoupis's avatar

Thank you!

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Jim's avatar
Apr 18Edited

Well I’m not surprised that they found archeological evidence of large settlements in that region.

One of the best places to live during the last ice age, climate wise, would have been in the marshes among the bottom of the Black Sea. Before the Mediterranean breached the end of the Dardanelles, it would have been warm, with a steady food supply.

Once the Black Sea started to flood, people would have migrated up the river valleys.

Does anyone have any links to photos and better maps of the regions, or more articles about the digs? A quick search revealed precious little as Google is wont to do these days.

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Harri Ahonen's avatar

Euromaidan press is a propaganda outlet. Also “Ukrainian scientists in the 70s…” - it was known as Soviet Union then. Is this an attempt to rewrite history?

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KevinWLCD's avatar

“…researchers unveiled structures beneath the earth’s surface, discovering Trypillia megasites that span over 100 hectares.”

Hectares? What’s that in square furlongs? How many football fields is that?

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Perseus's avatar

Human settlement at Erbil may be dated back to the 5th millennium BC. At the heart of the city is the ancient Citadel of Erbil and Mudhafaria Minaret. The earliest historical reference to the region dates to the Third Dynasty of Ur of Sumer, when King Shulgi mentioned the city of Urbilum. The city was later conquered by the Assyrians. In the 3rd millennium BC, Erbil was an independent power in its area. It was conquered for a time by the Gutians. Beginning in the late 2nd millennium BC, it came under Assyrian control.

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Martin's avatar

What is this?

The oldest known city at the moment is Karahan Tepe in modern days Turkey.

It is older than 12000 years.

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My Crazy Family Tree™'s avatar

I thought Egypt and Sumeria were older...

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Laggy's avatar

This is propganda to try to lend legitimacy to Ukraine. 4k BC isn’t shit. Cities way before that. Sumerians established before that.

AI generated slop.

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P. Lewis (Henderson)'s avatar

What about Catalhujuk and Jericho? Did we forget about those early urban centers because of contemporary politics?

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