Statistics for Largest City by History

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Description	City	% Correct
Was the capital of an Italian maritime republic	Genoa	92%
Existed in December 1535 in South America	Lima	54%
Sacked by the Mongols	Moscow	54%
Founded by the Romans in what is now Germany	Cologne	31%
Was one of the capitals of the Han dynasty	Xi'an	31%
Founded or settled by the Phoenicians	Beirut	23%
Was a capital of one of the first three major caliphates	Cairo	23%
Founded between 1800 and 1810 in the United States	Chicago	23%
Was a capital city in Mainland Southeast Asia in 1400	Hanoi	23%
Was located within the Kingdom of East Anglia	Norwich	23%
Founded before 1610 in Canada	Quebec City	23%
Founded before 500 BC in Spain	Seville	23%
African city visited by Ming China's treasure fleet	Mogadishu	15%
Founded in Brazil during the 18th century	Porto Alegre	15%
Was the capital of an empire located in South America	Rio de Janeiro	15%
Hosted the Winter Olympics before 1980	Sapporo	15%
Founded in Mexico after 1600	Tijuana	15%
Was located in the Orange River Colony	Bloemfontein	8%
Founded in 1899	Nairobi	8%
Founded after Sydney but before Brisbane in Australia	Newcastle	8%