Settlements don't count. Must also be overwhelmingly modern European in character.
Posted by the lioness, (Member # 17353) on :
Larnaca, Cyprus 1,400 BC
Trikala, Greece c. 1,200 BC
Chalcis, Greek Islan c. 1,200 BC
Lisbon, Portugal, 1,200 BC
Cadiz, Spain 1,100 BC
Zadar, Croatia, 1000 BC
Mtskheta, Georgia, 1000 BC
Posted by the lioness, (Member # 17353) on :
Larnaca, Cyprus
Lisbon, Portugal
Posted by Ish Gebor (Member # 18264) on :
quote:Originally posted by Oshun: Settlements don't count. Must also be overwhelmingly modern European in character.
Nice subliminal post.
Posted by Oshun (Member # 19740) on :
From Eupedia:
quote:Solnitsata (Bulgarian: Солницата, "The Saltworks") by the historians, the real name in that time is unknown) which is shown in wikipedia as a real oldest town in Europe, established some where in 4700 BC. The settlement was walled to protect the salt, a crucial commodity in antiquity.[3] Although its population has been estimated at only 350,[3] archaeologist Vassil Nikolov argues that it meets established criteria as a prehistoric city.[4] Salt production drove Solnitsata's economy, and the town is believed to have supplied salt throughout the Balkans. A large collection of gold objects nearby has led archaeologists to speculate that this trade resulted in considerable wealth for the town's residents.[1]
At the center of this oldest European city (Vinkovci), the location of which archaeologists call "tell Market", Durman in 1977, on the site of hotel, found "there archaeological finds of starčevo culture, and they are dated in 6300. B.C.
quote: Vinkovci in Croatia is actually the oldest European city - indeed the oldest urban settlement in the continuity of which more than 8,300 years, says prof. dr. sc. Aleksandar Durman, Zagreb archaeologist who works at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb.
