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Athens is among the world’s oldest cities, with 3400 years of recorded history, though the earliest human presence can be tracked as 11,000 BC. Athens is the capital of Greece and has a population of close to 4 million, making it the largest city in the country. Athens is widely regarded as the cradle of Western civilization for its immense cultural and political-economic impact on the European continent and birthplace of democracy.