Editing Thebes, Egypt (section)

===Demographics===
[[File:Thebes historical population.png|thumb|upright=1|Population of Thebes 2000–900 BC]]

According to [[George Modelski]], Thebes had about 40,000 inhabitants in 2000 BC (compared to 60,000 in [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], the largest city in the world at the time). By 1800 BC, the population of Memphis was down to about 30,000, making Thebes the largest city in Egypt at the time.<ref>George Modelski, "[https://faculty.washington.edu/modelski/WCITI2.html Cities of the Ancient World: An Inventory (−3500 to −1200)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519232105/https://faculty.washington.edu/modelski/WCITI2.html |date=2014-05-19 }}"; see also [[list of largest cities throughout history]].</ref> Historian [[Ian Morris (historian)|Ian Morris]] has estimated that by 1500 BC, Thebes may have grown to be the largest city in the world, with a population of about 75,000, a position it held until about 900 BC, when it was surpassed by [[Nimrud]] (among others).<ref>Ian Morris, "[http://www.ianmorris.org/docs/social-development.pdf Social Development] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726164950/http://www.ianmorris.org/docs/social-development.pdf |date=2011-07-26 }}"; see also [[list of largest cities throughout history]].</ref>

Shomarka Keita reported that a 2005 study on mummified remains found that "some Theban nobles had a [[histology]] which indicated notably [[dark skin]]".<ref>{{cite book |last=Keita |first=Shomarka|chapter=Ancient Egyptian "Origins and "Identity" |title=Ancient Egyptian Society: Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Approaches |editor-first1=Danielle |editor-last1=Candelora |editor-first2=Nadia |editor-last2=Ben-Marzouk |editor-first3=Kathlyn M. |editor-last3=Cooney |date=2023 |location=Abingdon, Oxon |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0367434632 |pages=111–122}}</ref>