The location of Itil hasn’t been determined even approximately. There are no significant archaeological finds where it’s indicated on the map, so I don’t think it’s worth talking about its population size.
polseo on
4 of the towns with populations exceeding 50,000 are under Islamic rule
CantoSacro on
Constantinople so legendary it doesn’t need to be labelled.
PansotoXPanissa on
Missing many cities over 10k. In Italy at least Genoa was estimated to be home of between 20 and 50k depending on different estimates
iambackend on
Kiev and maybe Novgorod are missing.
Patient_Category_287 on
why is this sub called MapPorn but it’s just constant terrible quality maps?
HeirophantGreen on
By 900, Gandhi has always completely taken those cities.
edijo on
So typically ignoring the Slavs, presenting them as some “void”… Kiev is omitted, while possibly reaching even 50k then. Novgorod, Polotsk, Smolensk, Chernigov all could be over 10k in 900. More to the west: Prague of course, easily above 10k. In Poland it was slower – WrocÅ‚aw and Kraków were growing above 10k a century later.
South also misses: Ohrid, Split, Zadar, and especially the largest Dubrovnik.
ClassHistorical3578 on
Constantinople and Baghdad are in their own league here.
OrangeDit on
So Aachen will always be the first, apparently. 🤔
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Rome shrinked that much?
The location of Itil hasn’t been determined even approximately. There are no significant archaeological finds where it’s indicated on the map, so I don’t think it’s worth talking about its population size.
4 of the towns with populations exceeding 50,000 are under Islamic rule
Constantinople so legendary it doesn’t need to be labelled.
Missing many cities over 10k. In Italy at least Genoa was estimated to be home of between 20 and 50k depending on different estimates
Kiev and maybe Novgorod are missing.
why is this sub called MapPorn but it’s just constant terrible quality maps?
By 900, Gandhi has always completely taken those cities.
So typically ignoring the Slavs, presenting them as some “void”… Kiev is omitted, while possibly reaching even 50k then. Novgorod, Polotsk, Smolensk, Chernigov all could be over 10k in 900. More to the west: Prague of course, easily above 10k. In Poland it was slower – WrocÅ‚aw and Kraków were growing above 10k a century later.
South also misses: Ohrid, Split, Zadar, and especially the largest Dubrovnik.
Constantinople and Baghdad are in their own league here.
So Aachen will always be the first, apparently. 🤔
Whats Edessa today? Şanlıurfa?
Rome from 1 million to 10,000 can’t be