What is believed by most scholars to be the world's first known town that dates back to 6,500 b. c.?

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The initial cities which meet both Chandler’s and Wirth’s descriptions of a city formed in the area identified as Mesopotamia between 4500 and 3100 BCE. The city of Uruk, today regarded the oldest in the world, was first established in c. 4500 BCE and walled cities, for protection, were popular by 2900 BCE throughout the region. The city of Eridu, close to Uruk, was thought the first city in the world by the Sumerians while other cities which lay claim to the title of the first city are Byblos, Jericho, Damascus, Aleppo, Jerusalem, Sidon, Luoyang, Athens, Argos, and Varasani.

Catalhoyuk is believed by most scholars to be the world's first known town that dates back to 6,500  b.c.

The Turkish Historical Society is a research society studying the history of Turkey and the Turkish people, founded in 1931 by the initiative of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, with headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.

Turkish historical timeline is snapshot of the famous people, important dates and events during this historical time period of Turkey.  Important dates in a fast, comprehensive, chronological, or date order providing an actual sequence of important past events which were of considerable significance to the famous people involved in this time period.

A Neolithic city is established at Catalhoyuk in central Anatolia, the world's first known settlement date back to 6500 BC. The Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923.

23000 BC: A cave at Karain, north of Antalya, is inhabited by humans, the oldest known evidence of habitation in Anatolia.

6500 BC: A Neolithic city is established at Catalhoyuk in Central Anatolia, the world's first known settlement. In July 2012, Catalhoyuk was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Grade:  9

Subject:  history

Chapter:  The Turkish Historical timeline  

Keywords:  The Turkish Historical timeline  

2. a land bridge connected asia and north america thousands of years ago.

4. crossing the land bridge would have been simple for the first migrants.

5. people might have crossed a land bridge while hunting animals.