No, Baghdad isn't the oldest, not even close -- seems it was founded in 762 AD by the second Abbasid caliph.
Jericho is the oldest city (unless you arbitrarily declare "it wasn't really a *city*, as I've seen some archaeological texts do), though not the oldest continually occupied city site. Damascus likes to claim that title, according to some travel stuff I saw.
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Jericho is the oldest city (unless you arbitrarily declare "it wasn't really a *city*, as I've seen some archaeological texts do), though not the oldest continually occupied city site. Damascus likes to claim that title, according to some travel stuff I saw.
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