Susa: Great Holy City, Abode Of The Gods, Seat Of Their Mysteries, All Conquered By Ashurbanipal In 647 BC

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Susa (modern-day Shush, Khuzestan Province, Iran) remains one of the world's oldest cities. It has been continuously inhabited since about 4200 BC (or even 5000 BC).

It is one of the oldest human settlements in the Middle East, with the earliest traces dating back to around 7000 BC.

The exact date of the city's foundation is unknown, but it is known that life flourished here in the fourth millennium BC. The town was a large urban, administrative, and cultural center of Elam. With thousands of years of history, around 2700 BC, Susa became the capital city-state of the kingdom of Elam, closely connected to Mesopotamia. The Elamite kings adorned the great city with the spoils of war brought home from Babylon.

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