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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCTHome" data-source="post: 1988257" data-attributes="member: 25012">And, I believe some cities in China & India were quite large back in Medieval Times as well.  While D&D is generally Euro-focused, after the fall of Rome, it did go through the Dark Ages for several centuries, leading to smaller cities than elsewhere around the world.  If Rome did not fall, or if (before that) Alexander hadn't died in his early 30s, who knows how big cities would have gotten if there were no Dark Ages?Some quick research online - the most populous cities circa 1500AD, Beijing, China had 672,000 population; a city in India beginning with the letter V was #2 at 500,000; Cairo, Egypt 400,000 and Hangzhou, China had 250,000.  Top city in Europe was Paris, clocking in at 185,000 and #8 overall.  Baghdad was the first world city over 1 million in 775 AD, but had gone down to like 800,000 in 800 AD.  Bonus points for anybody that can correctly pronounce Hangzhou...(source was geography.com)So, in a world of magic, huge cities are certainly possible.</blockquote>