Largest City by History

Guess the largest modern city that fits the description.

City proper population (https://www.citypopulation.de/).

Use the modern names of the cities.

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Last updated: April 29, 2022

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Description	City
Sacked by the Mongols	Moscow
Was the capital of an Italian maritime republic	Genoa
Hosted the Winter Olympics before 1980	Sapporo
Founded in 1899	Nairobi
Existed in December 1535 in South America	Lima
Founded by the Romans in what is now Germany	Cologne
Was a capital of one of the first three major caliphates	Cairo
Founded between 1800 and 1810 in the United States	Chicago
Was a capital city in Mainland Southeast Asia in 1400	Hanoi
Founded in Brazil during the 18th century	Porto Alegre

Description	City
Founded or settled by the Phoenicians	Beirut
Founded before 500 BC in Spain	Seville
African city visited by Ming China's treasure fleet	Mogadishu
Was the capital of an empire located in South America	Rio de Janeiro
Founded before 1610 in Canada	Quebec City
Was one of the capitals of the Han dynasty	Xi'an
Was located within the Kingdom of East Anglia	Norwich
Founded after Sydney but before Brisbane in Australia	Newcastle
Was located in the Orange River Colony	Bloemfontein
Founded in Mexico after 1600	Tijuana