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Hi all! I've been curious as to what sprawling cities would look like in this (rather broad) time period. I couldn't find anything online other than current day pictures of major cities. Did these cities have hinterlands? What kind of houses and architecture did they have?

What did metropoli in the African or Middle Eastern regions look like in 1000-1300?