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nanoman92 t1_j5yub1h wrote
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Niniveh by the Babylonians (100k), Rome by Alaric (500k), Ctesiphon by the Arabs (500k), Bagdad (1M) by the Mongols were the largest cities in the world when conquered.
Niniveh and Babylon were razed, in Rome and Ctesiphon the sacks wasn't that bad.
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