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There are a lot of candidates for this particular first. The top 10 contenders are:

1: Uruk, the Official Earliest City: Located in Turkey inhabited between 7500 BCE and 5700 BCE. Population between 5,000 people up to 10,000.

2: Ur - Sumerian capital: Founded as far back as 5,000 BCE but didn't become a city until 3,000 BCE. Population may have reached 65,000 residents.

3: Nippur, City of Enlil also in Sumeria: First settled in 5,000 BCE but by the 3rd millennium it was a city. Population around 20,000 inhabitants.

4: Tell Hamoukar (a contender for earlist first city): Located in Syria. Founded in 4000 BCE and a city by 3500 BCE.

5: Tell Brak (Northern Mesopotamia): Late 5th millennium BCE to early 4th millennium BCE.

6: Nekhen (Early capital of Egypt):As early as 3500 BCE.

7: Memphis, Egypt: Founded in 3100 BCE. Population as up to 30,000.

8: Mohenjo-daro (Indus Valley): Founded at around 2600 BCE. It had a population of 35,000.

9: Harappa (Indus Valley): Founded at around 2600 BCE, population up tp 20,000 residents.

10: Caral, Peru: Founded in 2600 to 2000 BCE. Population as high as 20,000 residents.

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