Acrobatic-Way-9519 on February 6, 2026 4:38 pm If the empire existed today, then the largest city would be Cairo, 23 million live here. I can’t imagine the noise pollution here.
ActuatorOutside5256 on February 6, 2026 4:39 pm Were Jerusalem, Beirut, Athens, Sofia, and Belgrade that unpopulated? Super interesting.
usesidedoor on February 6, 2026 4:55 pm I wonder why Edirne didn’t grow much since then compared to many of the others.
Designer-Muffin-5653 on February 6, 2026 5:13 pm Crazy that they only had 5 cities with more than 50.000 people. They really destroyed what the inhabited from Rome.
TylerHyena on February 6, 2026 5:37 pm Baghdad was smaller than I imagined for a lot of these cities.
GustavoistSoldier on February 6, 2026 5:43 pm Crimea, Wallachia, Moldavia, Algiers and Tripolitania were ottoman tributaries
eferalgan on February 6, 2026 5:43 pm Romania (Wallachia and Moldova) were not in the Ottoman Empire. Were only paying protection tax
Woah_Mad_Frollick on February 6, 2026 6:42 pm Salonica has one of the most interesting histories. Basically the Sephardic Jewish capital after the Spanish expulsion
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If the empire existed today, then the largest city would be Cairo, 23 million live here. I can’t imagine the noise pollution here.
Were Jerusalem, Beirut, Athens, Sofia, and Belgrade that unpopulated? Super interesting.
Wouldn’t Izmir have been Smyrna?
I wonder why Edirne didn’t grow much since then compared to many of the others.
Skopje used to be more populated than Baghdad
The mongols really did a number of baghdad.
Damn Alexandria really fell off in this time period
Key cities in many a game of Civ.
Crazy that they only had 5 cities with more than 50.000 people. They really destroyed what the inhabited from Rome.
I’m actually surprised basra doesn’t feature.
Bucharest was not a part of the Ottoman Empire in 1600.
I’m surprised alexandria wasn’t more heavily populated
Baghdad was smaller than I imagined for a lot of these cities.
Crimea, Wallachia, Moldavia, Algiers and Tripolitania were ottoman tributaries
Romania (Wallachia and Moldova) were not in the Ottoman Empire. Were only paying protection tax
Sofia and Belgrade?
Buda?
Salonica has one of the most interesting histories. Basically the Sephardic Jewish capital after the Spanish expulsion