Most Besieged Cities Throughout History (with Countries) - Statistics

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Country	Number of Sieges	First Siege	Last Siege	City	% Correct
Israel/Palestine	19	925 BC	1967	Jerusalem	100%
Turkey	18	478 BC	1453	Istanbul	97%
Italy	15	408–410	1870	Rome	91%
France	6	845	1870–71	Paris	74%
Serbia	14	588	1806	Belgrade	66%
Syria	6	634	1400	Damascus	66%
Italy	7	536	1528	Naples	63%
Iraq	6	812–813	1638	Baghdad	60%
Spain	11	800–801	1808	Barcelona	60%
Hungary	7	1541	1944–1945	Budapest	60%
Israel	6	1102	1799	Jaffa	57%
Egypt	6	48–47 BC	1801	Alexandria	54%
Lebanon	11	724–720 BC	1187	Tyre	49%
Italy	6	1522	1800	Genoa	46%
Italy	13	415–413 BC	1735	Syracuse	43%
Syria	7	637	2012–2016	Aleppo	40%
Germany	6	1106	1262	Cologne	34%
Greece	9	254	1422–1430	Thessaloniki	34%
United Kingdom	16	1309	1779–83	Gibraltar	31%
Estonia	8	1224	1704	Tartu	31%
Turkey	7	540	1268	Antioch	29%
Israel	6	1102	1799	Acre	26%
Algeria	6	1509	1790–1792	Oran	26%
France	6	721	1226	Toulouse	23%
Italy	10	569–572	1706	Pavia	17%
France	6	451	1870	Metz	14%
Germany	7	921	1634	Regensburg	14%
Italy	7	211 BC	1734	Capua	11%
Netherlands	6	1579	1793	Maastricht	11%
Germany	7	953	1813–1814	Mainz	11%
Russia	6	1502	1654	Smolensk	11%
Belgium	6	1383	1794	Ypres	11%
Belgium	6	575	1745	Tournai	9%
Turkey	10	359	2015–2016	Diyarbakır	6%
Turkey	7	502	1146	Edessa	6%
Italy	6	1435	1860–1861	Gaeta	3%
Belgium	6	1595	1705	Huy	3%
France	6	1543	1794	Landrecies	3%
Turkey	6	337	972	Nisibis	3%
Estonia	9	1558	1608	Paide	3%
Venezuela	9	1743	1962	Puerto Cabello	3%
Estonia	7	1211	1600	Viljandi	3%

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