feb 1, 2025 - The largest city of the Mississippians was called Cahokia. It may have contained between 16,000 and 30,000 inhabitants.

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Cahokia was one of the largest cities in the world hundreds of years before Columbus. But by ... at least 120 mounds and a population between 10,000 and 20,000 people. ... To the south of Cahokia a settlement that archaeologists call ... The city's growth may have been aided by warmer temperatures.

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