Source Data Reference for:

City = Basra
Time = 1000

City Year Size Size Comment Year Comment Author Title Location
Basra900 100,000George ModelskiWorld Cities -3000 to 2000p55
Basra1000 50,000Tertius ChandlerFour thousand years of urban growthp71
Basra1000 50,000Tertius ChandlerFour thousand years of urban growthp469
Basra1000 36,000"btw 23,000 & 49,000"Colin McEvedyThe New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History ISBN 0-14-051249-7p57