Biggest Cities of the World in 430 B.C. with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the world with an estimated population of over 30,000 in 430 BC?

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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 several other sources.

Both historical and modern-day names accepted.

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Population	City
225k	Babylon (Hillah)
200k	Ecbatana (Hamadan)
180k	Xiadu (Yixian, Baoding)
175k	Athenai (Athens)
175k	Luoyi (Luoyang)
175k	Syrakousai (Syracuse)
150k	Champa (Champapuri)
140k	Rajagriha (Rajgir)
120k	Ji (Beijing)
120k	Suiyang (Shangqiu)
110k	Pataliputra (Patna)
100k	Anyi (Xiaxian, Yuncheng)
100k	Helü (Suzhou)
100k	Khios (Chios)
100k	Memphis (Mit Rathina)
100k	Oxhuitza (Caracol)
100k	Qufu
100k	Samarqand (Samarkand)
100k	Taras (Taranto)
100k	Xintian (Houma, Linfen)
100k	Xinzheng (Xinzheng, Zhengzhou)

Population	City
100k	Yong (Fengxiang, Baoji)
90k	Tikal
85k	Carthage (Tunis)
85k	Chicheng (Chicheng, Zhangjiakou)
85k	Persepolis (Marvdasht)
85k	Shravasti
85k	Yingqiu (Linzi, Zibo)
75k	Miletus (Balat)
75k	Korinthos (Corinth)
70k	Roma (Rome)
65k	Kroton (Crotone)
60k	Akragas (Agrigento)
60k	Dantapura (Puri)
60k	Sparda (Sart)
60k	Shangdang (Lucheng, Changzhi)
60k	Susa (Shush)
50k	Anuradhapura
50k	Capeva (Capua)
50k	Kashi (Varanasi)
50k	Marib

Population	City
50k	Massalia (Marseille)
50k	Xue (Tengzhou, Zaozhuang)
50k	Yerushalaim (Jerusalem)
45k	È (Wuchang, Wuhan)
45k	Meroë
45k	Sparta
45k	Vaishali
45k	Veii (Isola Farnese)
40k	Argos
40k	Ephesus (Selçuk)
40k	Kosambi
40k	Megalopolis
40k	Messina
40k	Metapontion (Metaponto)
40k	Saketa (Ayodhya)
40k	Sidun (Sidon)
40k	Thebai (Thebes)
35k	Cisra (Cerveteri)
35k	Darmsuq (Damascus)
35k	Gela

Population	City
35k	Korkyra (Corfu)
35k	Kyrini (Shahhat)
35k	Panticapaeum (Kerch)
35k	Populonia
35k	Sur (Tyre)
35k	Tarquinia
35k	Ujjayini (Ujjain)
35k	Uruk
30k	Aigina (Aegina)
30k	Cuicuilco (Mexico City)
30k	Elis
30k	Jinyang (Taiyuan)
30k	Peiraieus (Piraeus)
30k	Selinous (Marinella di Selinunte)
30k	Trishirapuram (Tiruchirappalli)
30k	Vatluna (Vetulonia)
30k	Velathri (Volterra)
30k	Velch (Montalto di Castro)
30k	Velzna (Orvieto)
30k	Wanggeom-seong (Pyongyang)

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