Hangzhou: Timeline

591   The first city wall of Hangzhou is constructed.

1180   Estimation: Hangzhou, capital of Southern Song China China

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 becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Fes in the Almohad Empire Almohad

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1237   A major fire destroys some 30,000 dwellings in the Chinese capital city of Hangzhou.

1270   A census of the Chinese city of Hangzhou establishes that some 186,330 families reside within it, not including visitors and soldiers. (Historian Jacques Gernet argues that this means a population of over 1 million inhabitants, making Hangzhou the most populous city in the world.)

1276   The court of the Southern Song Dynasty of China China

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 and hundreds of thousands of its citizens flee from Hangzhou to Fujian and then Guangdong in an effort to escape an invasion by the Mongol Empire Mongol Empire

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1315   Estimation: Cairo Cairo

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, capital of Mamluk Mamluk

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 becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian Mongol Empire

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 China China

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1348   Estimation: Hangzhou in Mongolian Mongol Empire

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 China China

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 becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Cairo Cairo

Cairo translated the "land of Ra'" It comes from two Coptic words "Kahi" ... 

, capital of Mamluk Mamluk

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 Egypt Egypt

[i] country in [[North Africa]... 

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1358   Estimation: Nanjing Nanjing

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 in Mongolian Mongol Empire

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 China China

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 becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian Mongol Empire

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 China China

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1981   The State Council of the People's Republic of China listed the four cities (Beijing Beijing

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, Hangzhou, Suzhou Suzhou

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 and Guilin Guilin

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) as where the protection of historical and cultural heritage as well as natural scenery should be treated as a priority project.