Jericho, the world's oldest known city, developed on the Jordan River.
The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
There are two cities which claim to be the oldest in existence. These are the city of Damascus and Varanasi.
Damascus, Syria having first been settled in the 2nd Millennium BC.
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Epic of Gilgamesh from Babylon, dated back to the 7th Century BC.
Epic of Gilgamesh from Babylon, dated back to the 7th Century BC.
Though leprosy is categorized in the Guiness Book of World Records as the worlds oldest disease, This fast is in fact false.The Worlds oldest known disease which is still very much rampant across the world, Is arthritis. Archeologists have found dinosaur bones that showed moderate to severe joint damage due to arthritis. Thus making Arthritis the worlds oldest disease.Leprosy and Tuberculosis are the believed to be the next two disease that have a very long history, but not as far back as arthritis. Which remains, to this day, incurable, and the worlds most painful, crippling disease known to man.
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Bath is known as the second oldest city in North Carolina, founded in 1705. It is located in Beaufort County along the Pamlico River.
The oldest known self propelled vehicle is the 1769 Cugnot Steam Tractor.The oldest self propelled passenger carrying vehicle still in working order is the 1875 Grenville Steam Carriage.
Bakken, located in Klampenborg is the world's oldest theme park. It opened in 1583 with a woodie, flume ride, and other rides that are probably unknown now.
Ferns are the worlds oldest type of plant.A:`Methuselah` is the oldest known living tree and non-clonal organism in the world and is estimated to be 4,842 years old as of 2011. Methuselah is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California.