05-31-2006, 07:19 PM
Quote:The largest of those, Ferghana, was a respectable kingdom with, according to Chinese sources, 300,000 people. That would make it a (potential) opponent of the order of magnitude of Dacia, which is not inconsiderable. However, all the others, with the exception of Khotan and Kashgar which were about the size of a respectable Greek polis (Corinth, Athens before its imperial era) were tiny.
Actually at 300,000 (I presume total population?) Ferghana would only be roughly the size of Classscal Athens, really a bit smaller...
Paul Klos
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