Athens has been continuously inhabited for at least 5,000 years, with a written and recorded history spanning more than 3,400 years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The city was the birthplace of Western philosophy and democracy in the 5th century BCE. Its landmark Acropolis, built during that era, still overlooks the modern capital today.
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One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities
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