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skip.knox replied to the thread Does anyone know where I can get stats for city populations in years past?.It's exceedingly difficult to say what lead to losses in particular places. We simply don't have the right kind of records. Populations... -
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It probably depends on the size of the city. The issue for ancient Rome for instance wasn't the raiders running through the countryside... -
skip.knox replied to the thread Does anyone know where I can get stats for city populations in years past?.Yes, and invasions and the Justinian Plague. All in all, a rough few centuries in there. Cities provide many conveniences to their...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Does anyone know where I can get stats for city populations in years past?.Yeah, 1900 is easy. Even 1800 isn't too hard. But there was not a national census before the late 1700s, and nothing very reliable even...