Old towns of the Middle East outlines a list of notable old towns in the Middle East. The Middle East contains many of the world's oldest cities, some of them inhabited for several thousand years, with heritage to Ancient Mesopotamia or at least the Islamic Golden Age.

List

Egypt

See the "Egypt" section of Old towns of Africa.

Iran

• Isfahan
• Mashhad
• Qom
• Shiraz

Iraq

• 1 Baghdad
• Mosul

Israel and Palestine

• Akko
• 2 Bethlehem
• Hebron
• 3 Jerusalem/Old City
• Jaffa
• Jericho
• Tiberias

Jordan

• Amman

Lebanon

• 4 Tyre

Saudi Arabia

• Diriyah
• 5 Jeddah
• Mecca
• Medina

Syria

• Aleppo
• Bosra
• 6 Damascus

Turkey

The old walls of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey

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• Adana
• Amasya
• Antakya
• Antalya
• Ayvalık
• Beypazarı
• Birgi
• Bursa
• Edirne
• Eskişehir (Odunpazarı)
• 7 Old City (Istanbul)
• Kayseri
• Kemaliye
• Konya
• Mardin
• Safranbolu
• Sinop
• Şirince
• Sivas
• Tarsus
• Trabzon
• Urfa

Yemen

• Aden
• Sana'a
• Shibam
• Zabid

See also

• Old towns of Africa
• Old towns of the Balkans
• Old towns of Central Asia and the Caucasus
• Old towns of Cyprus and Greece
• Old towns of South Asia