thumbnail

100 Biggest Cities of Asia in 1205 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities of Asia in 1205, on the eve of the Mongol conquests?
Click on the map to zoom in.
Population figures are calculated from different approximates according to 3000 Years of Urban Growth by Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox and 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
Quiz by Dekkie
Rate:
Last updated: June 24, 2022
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedJune 24, 2022
Times taken540
Average score30.0%
Rating4.78
Report this quizReport
10:30
Enter answer here
0
 / 100 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
 
Population
City
500k
Lin'an
(Hangzhou)
300k
Angkor
(Siem Reap)
250k
Gangaikonda Cholapuram
180k
Bagan
175k
Kamakura
160k
Baghdad
150k
Chang'an
(Xi'an)
130k
Jiankang
(Nanjing)
130k
Zhongdu
(Beijing)
110k
Guangzhou
100k
Bianliang
(Kaifeng)
100k
Dali
100k
Heian-kyo
(Kyoto)
100k
Kanyakubja
(Kannauj)
100k
Kataka
(Cuttack)
100k
Varanasi
95k
Ghazni
90k
Damascus
85k
Tianshui
80k
Nishapur
80k
Ray
80k
Tiflis
(Tbilisi)
80k
Wuchang
(Wuhan)
80k
Xingqing
(Yinchuan)
75k
Kollam
Population
City
75k
Polonnaruwa
70k
Bukhara
70k
Gurganj
(Konye-Urgench)
70k
Isfahan
70k
Konya
70k
Mecca
70k
Purushottamkshetra
(Puri)
70k
Quanzhou
65k
Merv
(Mary)
65k
Otrar
65k
Suzhou
60k
Anhilpur
(Patan)
60k
Delhi
60k
Dorasamudra
(Halebidu)
60k
Gauḍa
60k
Haining
60k
Samarkand
60k
Trebizond
(Trabzon)
55k
Chittorgarh
55k
Kalyan
55k
Lahore
55k
Thanjavur
50k
Al-Quds
(Jerusalem)
50k
Basra
50k
Firozkoh
(Chaghcharan)
Population
City
50k
Fuzhou
50k
Jingdezhen
50k
Kalinjar
(Khajuraho)
50k
Khambhat
50k
Kolar
50k
Mosul
50k
Orugallu
(Warangal)
50k
Qom
50k
Xijing
(Luoyang)
50k
Yangzhou
45k
Aleppo
45k
Balasaghun
45k
Chengdu
45k
Herat
45k
Sivas
45k
Seogyeong
(Pyongyang)
45k
Vijaya
(Nhơn Hậu)
45k
Xiangyang
40k
Antioch
(Antakya)
40k
Bago
40k
Datong
40k
Diyar Bakr
(Diyarbekir)
40k
Gopakapattana
(Tiswadi)
40k
Hamadan
40k
Hariphunchai
Population
City
40k
Hormuz
40k
Hyōgo-ku
(Kobe)
40k
Kanchipuram
40k
Karnu-Kalaki
(Erzurum)
40k
Kashgar
40k
Kayalpattinam
40k
Kayseri
40k
Kish
40k
Kozhikode
40k
Longxing
(Nanchang)
40k
Madurai
40k
Sainct-Jehan-d'Acre
(Acre)
40k
Shiraz
40k
Sukhothai
(Sukhothai Thani)
40k
Tabriz
40k
Taizhou
40k
Thăng Long
(Hanoi)
40k
Ujjain
30k
Balkh
30k
Dhar
30k
Dongjing
(Liaoyang)
30k
Gaegyeong
(Kaesong)
30k
Kerman
30k
Nudiya
(Nabadwip)
30k
Multan
+1
Level 60
Sep 12, 2023
Excellent quiz!