Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?"
...Damascus, Syria, is widely accepted as the oldest continuously inhabited city on the planet. It was founded in the third millennium B.C., but according to Mother Nature Network, there is evidence of people having lived there non-stop for 11,000 years, and perhaps longer. Its location in southwestern Syria meant that it became an important hub of the Arab world, with civilizations having risen and fallen in the region before most of the world was even populated. Today, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has an estimated population of nearly 2 million.