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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 largest cities - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .

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

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    This was the second census (see also 1960) to show a decline in the combined total population of the top ten cities, with 1,142,003 (5.2%) fewer people than the 1970 Census' top ten cities, mostly due to the large drop in population of New York City.

  5. Historical urban community sizes - Wikipedia

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    Estimating population sizes before censuses were conducted is a difficult task. [1] ... [20] [21] Sesklo: Greece 1,000–5,000 ... City Location 2500 BC 2300 BC 2000 ...

  6. List of countries by population in 1939 - Wikipedia

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    Population distribution by country in 1939. This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, occupied or colonized territories for empires), providing an approximate overview of the world population before World War II.

  7. London in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom took part in World War II from 3 September 1939 until 15 August 1945. At the beginning of the war in 1939, London was the largest city in the world, with 8.2 million inhabitants. [1] It was the capital not just for the United Kingdom, but for the entire British Empire. London was central to the British war effort.

  8. Bombing of Osaka - Wikipedia

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    The bombing of Osaka (大阪大空襲, Ōsaka daikūshū) during the Pacific War was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United States against military and civilian targets and population centers in Japan. It first took place from the middle of the night on March 13, 1945, to the early morning of the next day.

  9. List of largest European cities in history - Wikipedia

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    City 1 – 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 Agrigento: 50,000 [163]Athens: 30,000 – 90,000 110,000 25,000