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#askleo
How old was the ancient city of Jericho at the time Joshua and the Israelites marched around the walls of the city with the Ark of the Covenant?
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Jericho, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, was already ancient by the late Bronze Age period (c. 1550–1200 BCE) associated with the biblical conquest under Joshua.
Archaeological evidence shows Jericho's origins date back to the Neolithic era around 9000 BCE, with major fortified settlements emerging by 8000 BCE during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period. By the Early Bronze Age (c. 3000 BCE), it featured extensive walls and a population of thousands.
If the fall of Jericho occurred c. 1400–1200 BCE (per traditional biblical chronology), the city was approximately 6,000–7,000 years old at that time.
Biblical accounts in Joshua 6 describe the march but don't specify the city's age; this is based on archaeological consensus from sites like Tell es-Sultan. For precise dating debates, see scholarly sources like those from Kathleen Kenyon's excavations.
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