Former Largest Cities
Formerly was among the largest cities in the world.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | Uruk: "At its height c. 2900 BC, Uruk probably had 50,000–80,000 residents living in 6 km2 (2.32 sq mi) of walled area; making it the largest city in the world at the time." (wiki). Eridu was the largest City around 3700 with 6000-10000. | |
| Ancient Merv | Around 1150 A.D. | |
| Ancient Thebes | Largest city around 2000 B.C. | |
| Babylon | It has been estimated that Babylon was the largest city in the world c. 1770 – c. 1670 BC, and again c. 612 – c. 320 BC (wiki) | |
| Carthage | Around 300 B.C. | |
| Cordoba | From 920-1000 A.D. | |
| Gyeongju | During the Unified Silla period (618AD to 918AD), Gyeonju's peak population likely reached 1,000,000 inhabitants (wiki) | |
| Imperial Palace | Beijing, 1425-1625 | |
| Istanbul | From 350-550 A.D. | |
| Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor | Chang’an (Xi’an) had around 400,000 inhabitants between 200 and 100 BC | |
| Moenjodaro | possibly the largest city around 2400 BC with around 40000 inhabitants | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | Memphis was largest city from 3100 B.C. to 2800 B.C. | |
| Rome | From 0-300 A.D. | |
| Susa | possibly the largest city around 3500 BC. | |
| Teotihuacan | 150-450 AD | |
| Tower of London | London, 1820-1915 | |
| West Lake | Hangzhou had around a Million inhabitants between 1200 and 1400. | |
| Yin Xu | Around 1300 B.C. | |
| Çatalhöyük | with a good probability the worlds largest city around 7000 BC with an estimate of 5000-10000 inhabitants. |
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