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Biggest Cities of the Ottoman Empire in 1593 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the Ottoman Empire with an estimated population of over 20,000 at its peak in 1593?
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Population figures are calculated from different approximates according to 3000 Years of Urban Growth by Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox and several other sources.
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Population
City
700k
Constantinople
(Istanbul)
300k
Cairo
150k
Adrianople
(Edirne)
100k
Tabriz
80k
Smyrna
(İzmir)
75k
Algiers
75k
Bursa
65k
Bucharest
60k
Aleppo
60k
Mecca
55k
Dar al Jihad
(Belgrade)
55k
Üskub
(Skopje)
50k
Ankara
50k
Basra
Population
City
50k
Bayburt
50k
Damascus
50k
Salonica
(Thessaloniki)
50k
Tunis
45k
Saraybosna
(Sarajevo)
45k
Târgoviște
40k
Béjaïa
40k
Kefe
(Feodosia)
40k
Medina
40k
Sennar
35k
Athens
30k
Bağçasaray
(Bakhchysarai)
30k
Constantine
30k
Diyarbakır
Population
City
30k
Filibe
(Plovdiv)
30k
Konya
30k
Mahdia
30k
Ragusa
(Dubrovnik)
30k
Sofya
(Sofia)
25k
Alexandretta
(İskenderun)
25k
Antakya
25k
Asyut
25k
Buda
25k
Damietta
25k
Kayseri
25k
Sana'a
25k
Tlemcen
25k
Trabzon
Population
City
25k
Tripoli
20k
Alexandria
20k
İsmail
(Izmail)
20k
Iznikmid
(İzmit)
20k
Kairwan
20k
Niš
20k
Prizren
20k
Qus
20k
Siroz
(Serres)
20k
Sivas
20k
Suceava
20k
Tırnova
(Veliko Tarnovo)
20k
Tokat
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Level 56
Jun 19, 2022
Hey, it's finished! Oh, I did get Salonica right, woo!
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Level 55
Jun 19, 2022
I did say you did, lol.
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Level 56
Jun 19, 2022
I didn't know who you were talking to, there were 3 answers.