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		stryan on Nov 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years wi... > That's just factually incorrect. The largest pre-colonization city in the US was a piddling 20,000 FYI, Cahokia was thought to have had a population up to 40,000 around the (IIRC) 11th century in Illinois.

slashdev on Nov 23, 2022 | [–]

That's the city I was referring to. The estimates I saw said 20k, so it depends what estimates you look at. It's still very small compared to other major cities of the time.

ElevenLathe on Nov 23, 2022 | [–]

For reference, Cahokia was roughly sited at present-day St. Louis.

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