Historical urban community sizes

Historical urban community sizes

Estimated populations of historical cities over time.

Neolithic settlements

City of Knossos
*http://www.museum-security.org/reports/00198.html
*http://4crete.gr/creteguide/en_knossos.htm
*http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Article/317347
*http://home.comcast.net/~apollophotos/photos/greece/crete/knossos/

Iron Age

21st century

:"See List of cities by population for current data."

References

*Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge, "The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome". ISBN 0-19-521409-9
* [http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Emesmith9/1-CompleteSet/MES-05-CitySize.pdf Smith, Michael E. (2005); "City Size in Late Post-Classic Mesoamerica", in "Journal of Urban History", Vol. 31 No. 4, May 2005, pp. 403-434.]

ee also

*World population
*Urbanism
*List of metropolitan areas by population
*List of largest cities throughout history

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/urbanisation/html/urbanisation.stm Interactive
] (BBC, covering 1955–2015)
* [http://www.tulane.edu/~august/H303/handouts/Population.htm Early Medieval and Byzantine Civilization: Constantine to Crusades]
* [http://www.openhistory.net A Dynamic Map of the World Cities' Growth]


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