Can you name the 10 largest world cities in 1900? by canadasmoustache

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10 largest world cities in 1900 Quiz

by canadasmoustache

Created Nov 10, 2010 in Geography
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	Mapmaker:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 05:06 GMT	2 points
	This seems...questionable? Chicago was barely a blip on the prairie, with under 100 people, in 1800.

	Craneaa:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 05:12 GMT	5 points
	There is no way Chicago had over 1 million people in 1800... according to Wikipedia, Chicago had a population of roughly 4,000 in 1840... what is your source?

	CoE1835:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 05:31 GMT	2 points
	Chicago wasn't even established till the 1830's. i should know, i live there. These numbers are more consistent with the year 1900 rather than 1800.

	NinedenLtD:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 06:22 GMT	2 points
	Let's see... you're missing: Beijing, Guangzhou, Constantinople, Naples, Hangzhou, Osaka, and Kyoto. All of your numbers are wrong and London, Paris, and Tokyo are the only ones on your list that belong in the top 10. New York didn't even have a population of 100,000 in 1800. Also, Tokyo was called Edo into 1868.

	NinedenLtD:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 06:22 GMT	1 point
	until*

	HiddenPalace:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 10:46 GMT	1 point
	You need a proper source... seems dodgy as people have said

	gowhere:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 12:59 GMT	3 points
	@HiddenPalace: I understand that you are being polite, but it isn't merely dodgy, it is simply incorrect. I don't know whether the problem is in the title (1900 vs. 1800) or the data, but it is misleading to give this quiz any benefit of the doubt whatsoever.

	Glorfino:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 14:26 GMT	1 point
	SOURCE! Because as a student taking a course in the history of Illinois at the University OF Illinois, I can tell you there is absolutely no way this is accurate.

	Seldini:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 14:31 GMT	5 points
	This has got to be 1900... or just massively, massively wrong.

	canadasmoustache:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 14:42 GMT	5 points
	oops :/ it is 1900. Sorry for the typo.

	das411:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 15:06 GMT	2 points
	Now that that's settled...we have too much time!

	jml1139:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 15:49 GMT	1 point
	i find it hard to believe that several asian cities (seoul, shanghai, beijing, etc.) have grown in population that much in a century.

	ClintT13:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 18:31 GMT	3 points
	The lack of Asian cities on this list likely isn't because they weren't big enough, but because there wasn't a census taken to get the numbers. People forget that China essentially shut itself off from the world for centuries.

	4gone_Conclusion:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 21:01 GMT	1 point
	Need to accept Saint Petersburg!

	NinedenLtD:	Nov 10th, 2010 at 22:20 GMT	1 point
	Okay, I wondered if this was the mistake. Now I'm with you, 5 globes to correct for my prior disparaging remarks.

	France:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 04:53 GMT	1 point
	Also, the reason many Asian cities grew so much was due to the influx of rural peasants into the cities. China and India were very much agrarian, while Europe was more urban until the 20th Century.

	Flembo:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 07:09 GMT	2 points
	Cairo?

	sweetafton:	Nov 14th, 2010 at 14:55 GMT	2 points
	@Flembo Cairo was growing fast around 1900, but was still sub 1 million.

	Alphamule123:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 03:12 GMT	1 point
	Idk about Philadelphia of Manchester I believe that some of the British colonies in South Africa, India, and Nigeria had more at the time.