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This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.
This article lists historical urban community sizes based on the estimated populations of selected human settlements from 7000 BC – AD 1875, organized by archaeological periods.
List of largest cities by area Notes ^ For urban/metropolitan areas that have more than one core city , the figure for their city proper should use either the most populous one (e.g. Dallas for Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ) or the best-known one (e.g. Manila for Metro Manila , instead of Quezon City ).
Largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas, later called Mexico City. 1450 Etzanoa: Kansas United States [4] 1450 Zuni Pueblo: New Mexico: United States [5] 1470: Iximche: Chimaltenango: Guatemala: 1493: La Isabela: Puerto Plata: Dominican Republic: First European settlement in the New World during the Age of Discovery. Abandoned by 1500. 1494 ...
In the first millennium CE, an urban tradition developed in the Khmer region of Cambodia, where Angkor grew into one of the largest cities (in area) of the world. [41] The closest rival to Angkor, the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, was between 100 and 150 square kilometres (39 and 58 sq mi) in total size. [42]
It is one of the oldest major cities of the United States. Boston was a key city in the early American Revolution against the British Empire, eventually becoming the first city free of British rule in the United States. Boston is still one of the wealthiest and most important cities in the United States. St. John's: Newfoundland Canada: c. 1630 AD
At its peak, it was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas. It subsequently became a cabecera of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Today, the ruins of Tenochtitlan are in the historic center of the Mexican capital. The World Heritage Site of Xochimilco contains what remains of the geography (water, boats, floating gardens) of the Mexica ...
George Modelski estimated the population of Knossos at 15,000 for the years of 1700 B.C. (6th largest) and 1600 B.C. (9th largest), at 50,000 for the year of 1500 B.C. (2nd largest), and at >10,000 for the year of 1400 B.C. He also estimated the population of Athens at 100,000 for the year of 400 B.C. (one of the 9th largest).