Statistics for Largest Ancient Cities

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Population	Date Founded	Answer	% Correct
15,600,000	~2,000 BCE	Cairo	82%
21,009,000	~1000 BCE	Beijing	80%
4,689,000	332 BCE	Alexandria	72%
13,287,000	657 BCE	Istanbul	72%
10,858,000	~300 BCE	Paris	56%
5,977,000	202 BCE	Xian	45%
20,597,000	~1100 BCE	Guangzhou	40%
26,640,000	18 BCE	Seoul	40%
4,538,000	~2,000 BCE	Ankara	37%
5,257,000	~600 BCE	Milan	37%
6,155,000	495 BCE	Nanjing	33%
10,376,000	~2000 BCE	Chengdu	32%
7,509,000	~1500 BCE	Wuhan	31%
4,693,000	230 BCE	Barcelona	28%
6,078,000	300 BCE	Shenyang	14%
4,183,000	~221 BCE	Dalian	12%
3,962,000	~306 BCE	Fuzhou	9%
4,942,000	~1,500 BCE	Zhengzhou	9%
5,631,000	~760 BCE	Pune	7%
5,246,000	514 BCE	Suzhou	7%