Biggest Cities of the World in 800 AD with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities in the world with an estimated population of over 30,000 in 800 AD?

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Population figures are based off this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh, La population des villes européennes, 800-1850 by Paul Bairoch, 3000 Years of Urban Growth by Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox and 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler.

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Population	City
700k	Baghdad
600k	Chang'an (Xi'an)
300k	Dongdu (Luoyang)
250k	Constantinople (Istanbul)
200k	Heian-kyo (Kyoto)
160k	Qurtubah (Córdoba)
100k	Basra
100k	Fustat (Cairo)
100k	Lhasa
100k	Mohammadiya (Ray, Tehran)
100k	Nara
100k	Oxhuitza
100k	Sri Ksetra (Pyay)
100k	Youzhou (Beijing)
95k	Alexandria
85k	Suzhou
85k	Wuchang (Wuhan)
80k	Kairouan
80k	Kanyakubja (Kannauj)
80k	Mecca
75k	Chengdu
75k	Ruha (Şanlıurfa)
75k	Samarkand
75k	Samarra
75k	Taihe (Dali)

Population	City
70k	Anuradhapura
70k	Gao
70k	Hangzhou
70k	Pataliputra (Patna)
70k	Thirualavai (Madurai)
70k	Yangzhou
65k	Damascus
65k	Kufa
65k	Oxwitik
60k	Anbar (Fallujah)
60k	Mansura
60k	Prambanan (Bokoharjo)
55k	Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
55k	Aleppo
55k	Bian (Kaifeng)
55k	Jang’an (Pyongyang)
55k	Merv (Mary)
50k	Al-Tefelis (Tbilisi)
50k	Bab al-Abwab (Derbent)
50k	Calakmul
50k	Coba
50k	Geumseong (Gyeongju)
50k	Kaisareia (Kayseri)
50k	Kanchi (Kanchipuram)

Population	City
50k	Rome
50k	Shengzhou (Nanjing)
50k	Tarsus
45k	Elloorpuram
45k	Guangzhou
45k	Indrapura (Kampong Cham)
45k	Jayapura (Andarkot)
45k	Madinat al-Sufriya (Bukhara)
45k	Shule (Kashgar)
45k	Kashi (Varanasi)
45k	Ujjayini (Ujjain)
40k	Amed (Diyarbakır)
40k	Anahilavada (Patan)
40k	Ani (Ocaklı)
40k	Balkh
40k	Hongzhou (Nanchang)
40k	Jundaysabur
40k	Kermanshah
40k	Mictlan
40k	Multih (Malatya)
40k	Nishapur
40k	Qus
40k	Siraf
40k	Srinagar

Population	City
40k	Sthanishvara (Thanesar)
40k	Thessaloniki
40k	Tollan-Xicocotitlan (Tula de Allende)
40k	Vijayavatika (Vijayawada)
40k	Yax Mutal
40k	Yodong (Liaoyang)
35k	Antakiyah (Antakya)
35k	Constantine
35k	Isbiliyyah (Seville)
35k	Pliska
35k	Shiraz
30k	Atil (Samosdelka)
30k	Cholollan (Cholula)
30k	Damietta
30k	Danipaan
30k	Maridah (Mérida)
30k	Mosul
30k	Neapolis (Naples)
30k	Quanzhou
30k	Tennis
30k	Thatta
30k	Tunis
30k	Verona
30k	Yo'k'ib'

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