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  2. List of largest cities throughout history - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of most populous cities in the United States by decade

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    New York City experienced the largest total population drop by a city up to this point in American history, recording 820,000 fewer people in 1980 than ten years before. The city government was crippled by severe financial strains and near bankruptcy as a result of its declining tax base during the 1970s, until being bailed out by the federal ...

  4. List of largest cities - Wikipedia

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    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 ).

  5. 15 Greatest Cities in History - AOL

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    Historians Tertius Chandler, Gerald Fox and George Modelski identified the largest cities throughout history through painstaking study of household data, agricultural commerce, church records ...

  6. Historical urban community sizes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of cities with over one million inhabitants - Wikipedia

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    The population figures refer in the most cases to the respective municipality within its political boundaries, excluding politically independent suburbs. For Chinese cities, the urban population (urban settlement) of the respective city is given at prefecture, county or district level, which usually include large rural areas.

  8. Category:Lists of cities by population - Wikipedia

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    List of cities in Africa by population; List of cities and towns in Albania; List of cities in Algeria; List of cities in the Americas by population; List of largest cities in the Arab world; List of Arabian cities by population; List of cities in Argentina; List of cities and towns in Armenia; Largest cities on the Atlantic Ocean

  9. Lists of cities - Wikipedia

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    List of cities proper by population; List of cities with the most skyscrapers; List of cities with more than one commercial airport; List of city name changes; List of largest cities throughout history; List of national capitals; List of ghost towns by country; List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants; Lists of city flags