History
Which country had the largest city in the world in the Middle Ages?
China (Chang'an, today Xi'an)
Background
For a long time neither Rome nor Paris was the world's largest city, but Chang'an in China. In the 8th century around one million people lived there. Europe's biggest cities had only 50,000 people at the time. Today the city is called Xi'an and is famous for the Terracotta Army.
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