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  2. From: rcmolden@parmesan.cs.wisc.edu (Robertc. Moldenhauer)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.archaeology
  4. Subject: Re: First city and longest continuously inhabited city?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.232211.421@cs.wisc.edu>
  6. Date: 21 Dec 92 23:22:11 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec21.211306.24221@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
  8. Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News)
  9. Distribution: usa
  10. Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.
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  13. The longest continuously inhabited city is considered to be Jericho, in the
  14. Israeli occupied West Bank, which was a town of 1 to 2 000 in the Pre Pottery
  15. Neolithic period (8500 - 7500 BCE).
  16.