Large Medieval City Housed Nearly a Million People Before Its Abandonment
Prior to one of the world’s largest medieval cities being abandoned, close to a million people lived there. Cambodia’s Greater Angkor region thrived between the 9th and 15th centuries and especially during its peak in the 13 th century. During that time, between 700,000 and 900,000 people inhabited a wide area. More specifically, about 750,000 people resided in an area about 1,000 square kilometers in the central part of Angkor. This means that the capital city of the Khmer Empire was one of the biggest pre-modern settlements in all of history. The location is famously known for its stone...
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