The most populous cities in the world (1500 - 2018) - Animated graph

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[–]fuzzballs 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thank you, very intersting. Seeing Istanbul at the top near the 1500-1600 got me thinking, the Byzantine empire supossedly ended in 1452. What caused the explosion in population?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe people emigrating from the collapsing outer cities to the main city hub in search of stability as the empire collapsed? Just a guess.

I don't really know though, that's a very good question.