Decoder Terminal
THREE DAYS WALK
MEGACITY — ESTIMATED 120,000+ POPULATION
SCALESpecs
comparison
Jerusalem ~25,000 at this time
modern scale
Walking across Los Angeles
estimated population
60,000-120,000+
Intelligence Brief
Nineveh takes three days to walk across. One of the largest cities in the ancient world — estimated 60,000-120,000+ people. For comparison, Jerusalem at this time had roughly 25,000. Jonah is a single man walking into an enemy megacity with a message of doom.
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