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100 Biggest Cities of the World in 1789 with a Map
With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities of the world before the French Revolution in 1789?
Click on the map to zoom in.
Population figures are calculated from different approximates according to this and this article, 3000 Years of Urban Growth by Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox and this this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
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Last updated: April 21, 2022
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| First submitted | April 20, 2022 |
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Lemondance
+3
Level 67
Oct 5, 2022
Somehow my eyes completely skipped over Spain when I zoomed in on Europe... only got Madrid :/
JohnnyYeet
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Level 57
Oct 5, 2022
The days when Prague, Dublin, Rouen, Algiers, and Damascus were bigger than New York City...
Dekkie
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Level 55
Oct 6, 2022
New York City wasn't even close to being one of the biggest cities at this point. It sat at a mere 33k people according to the 1790 census. Though proved to be growing extremely quickly, as by the next census in 1800 it already sat at nearly double (60k).
JonOfKent
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Level 56
Oct 17, 2022
And by 1990 it had been renamed Chiddingfold-on-Sea.
cthuwu
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Level 73
Apr 18, 2023
could you accept mandalay for amarapura?
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