[@Cyclone] That number is skewed down because 1000 BC is right after the collapse of the bronze age, so Thebes's population went from 120 thousand to 50 thousand. Of course I think those numbers are too big too, but still, this gives a better context.

[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Thebes_historical_population.png[/img]