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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Jericho, Catalhoyuk, Mehrgarh, Skara Brae, Ashkelon, Anglezarke, Stanton Drew stone circles, Vin a-Belo Brdo, Tell Aswad, Sands of Beirut, Midhowe Chambered Cairn, El Kowm, Unstan Chambered Cairn, Sesklo, Scord of Brouster, Maes Knoll, Beidha, Tell Qaramel, Neba'a Faour, Jarmo, Tell Ramad, Jabal es Saaide, Tell Jisr, Tell Ghoraife, Dimini, Tell Ain Nfaikh, Domuztepe, Ard Tlaili, Aammiq, Knap of Howar, Priddy Circles, Banc Du, Kaukaba, Fairy Toot, Nachcharini, Tell Ain Saouda, Banpo, Hashbai, Amuk, Antakya, Tell Khazzami, Horvat Galil, Balbridie, Gilgal I, Tell Neba'a Litani, Pikestones, Mujahia, List of Neolithic settlements, Kierikki, Barnhouse Settlement, Ras Baalbek I, Tell Zeitoun, Morera Thatte, Moukhtara, Round Loaf, Marden Henge, Kfar HaHoresh, Tenta, Cyprus, Achilleion, Promachonas, Eilean Domhnuill, Kingsweston Hill, Lobsigensee, Argissa Magoula, Knollbury, Kelar Mound. Excerpt: Jericho (; Arabic: ); Hebrew: is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently inhabited site on earth. It is also believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Described in the Hebrew Bible as the "City of Palm Trees," copious springs in and around Jericho have made it an attractive site for human habitation for thousands of years. It is known in Judeo-Christian tradition as the place of the Israelites' return from bondage in Egypt, led by Joshua, the successor to Moses. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11,000 years (9000 BCE), almost to the very beginning of the...
