3000 Years of Urban Growth3000 Years of Urban Growth compiles urban population data acquired from large cities at different points in time throughout the centuries. This book describes the sources and methods used in historical urban studies, including an evaluation of the total size estimates, area, institutional factors, and volume of local activity. Illustrations of maps that locate large cities from several time tables and regions of the world are also provided. This text likewise covers the data sheets for ancient cities from 1360 B.C. to 200 B.C. and 100 A.D. to 622 A.D. The data sheets from 800 to 1850 A.D. provide estimates for countries such as Italy, Afghanistan, France, Brazil, India, and Russia. Other topics include the world's largest cities from 430 B.C. to200 B.C., top six cities in each continent from 800 to 1850, and whereabouts of unfamiliar cities not shown on the maps. This publication is a good source for sociologists, historians, and researchers interested in population studies. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Data Sheets for Ancient Cities 1360 BC200 BC | 79 |
Chapter 3 Data Sheets for Ancient Cities 100 AD622 AD | 81 |
Chapter 4 Data Sheets 8001850 AD | 83 |
Chapter 5 Worlds Largest Cities 430 BC200 BC | 300 |
Chapter 6 Worlds Largest Cities 100 AD1968 | 303 |
Top 25 | 342 |
Chapter 8 Cities of the World 13001850 | 355 |
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Adrianople Agra Ahmedabad Aleppo Alexandria Amsterdam Angkor Anhilvada Ayutia Bagdad Barcelona Beloch Benares Bengal Bokhara Bombay Brit Brockhaus Bruges Büsching Cairo Calcutta Cambay Canton Capital Census Changan Chengtu China Chüanchow churches Cologne Constantinople Cordova Damascus Damietta decline Delhi Egypt Ency English Cyclopaedia estimate Fuchow garrison Gaur Gazetteer of World Genoa González Granada Hangchow Hassel hearths hectares in area Hoffmann houses hsien Hyderabad Ibn Battuta India Isfahan Islam Italiana Japan Kaifeng kingdom Kingtehchen Kyoto Leo Africanus Levasseur Lisbon Lockhart London Loyang Lyon Madras Madrid male citizens Marrakesh Marseille Meknes Messance Mexico City Milan miles militia Moguls Mols Morse Moscow Nanchang Nanking Naples Ningpo Nishapur Osaka Palermo Paris parishes Patna peak Peking Persia population Prague probably Pyongyang Rome Rouen Samarkand Schmoller Seoul Seville Shanghai Sian Soochow suburbs Tabriz taxpayers Tientsin Tung Chih Tunis Ungewitter Univ urban Valencia Venice Vienna Vivien wall built Wuchang Yedo York