20 WORLD'S LARGEST CITIES
(1360 BC - 622 AD, in thousands)
After Tertius Chandler's & Gerald Fox's
"3000 Yers of Urban Growth", Academic Press, 1974
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1360 BC |
Thebes |
100 |
Susa |
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Memphis |
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Cordova |
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Babylon |
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Erech |
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Chengchow |
40 |
Athens |
25 |
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Khattushas |
40 |
Hazor |
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Nineveh |
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Argos |
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Ecbatana |
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Washshukani |
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Mycenae |
30 |
Hsia |
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Amarna |
30 |
Jerusalem |
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Knossos |
30 |
Mohedjo-daro |
20 |
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1200 BC |
Memphis |
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Chengchow |
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Thebes |
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Ayodhya |
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Babylon |
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Athens |
25 |
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Anyang |
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Duras |
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Erech |
50 |
Loyang |
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Susa |
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Tanis |
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Hastinapura |
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Argos |
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Khattushas |
40 |
Tamralipti |
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Nineveh |
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Seville |
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Mycenae |
30 |
Troy |
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650 BC |
Nineveh |
120 |
Napata |
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Loyang |
117 |
Ayodhya |
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Yenhsiatu |
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Miletus |
50 |
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Memphis |
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Sais |
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Chicheng |
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Hsueh |
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Babylon |
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Jerusalem |
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Changan |
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Van |
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Ecbatana |
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Calah |
40 |
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Kausambi |
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Anyang |
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Marib |
60 |
Camelot |
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430 BC |
Babylon |
250 |
Rome |
100 |
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Ecbatana |
200 |
Soochow |
100 |
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Athens |
155 |
Chicheng |
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Sravasti |
150 |
Cartage |
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Champa |
150 |
Persepolis |
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Loyang |
145 |
Lintzu |
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Yenhsiatu |
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Changan |
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Rajagriha |
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Corinth |
70 |
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Siracuse |
125 |
Lucheng |
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Memphis |
100 |
Susa |
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200 BC |
Patna |
350 |
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Alexandria |
300 |
Siracuse |
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Seleucia |
300 |
Yenying |
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Changan |
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Kavery |
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Loyang |
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Anuradhapura |
100 |
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Cartage |
150 |
Memphis |
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Rome |
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Ujjain |
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Lintzu |
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Rajagriha |
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Antioch |
120 |
Yenhsiatu |
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Jerusalem |
120 |
Vaisali |
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100 AD |
Rome |
650 |
Pergamum |
120 |
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Loyang |
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Broach |
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Alexandria |
400 |
Paithan |
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Seleucia |
300 |
Cadiz |
100 |
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Changan |
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Corinth |
100 |
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Ephesus |
200 |
Sardis |
100 |
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Antioch |
150 |
Soochow |
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Kavery |
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Memphis |
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Anuradhapura |
130 |
Carthage |
90 |
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Apamea |
125 |
Edessa |
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361 AD |
Constantinople |
350 |
Broach |
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Loyang |
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Memphis |
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Rome |
250 |
Ephesus |
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Patna |
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Teotihuacan |
90 |
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Ctesiphon |
200 |
Milan |
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Alexandria |
200 |
Madurai |
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Changan |
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Soochow |
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Carthage |
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Nanking |
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Antioch |
150 |
Edessa |
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Ayodhya |
140 |
Anuradhapura |
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622 AD |
Constantinople |
500 |
Soochow |
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Changan |
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Anuradhapura |
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Loyang |
400 |
Thaneswar |
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Ctesiphon |
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Antioch |
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Alexandria |
200 |
Edessa |
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Teotihuacan |
125 |
Ecbatana |
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Kanauj |
100 |
Prome |
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Kanchi |
100 |
Nanking |
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Vatapi |
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Ayodhya |
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Memphis |
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Aleppo |
72 |