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Over the centuries,
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have changed a great deal, rising and falling in size and influence. These tables give an idea of estimated
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at various dates from the earliest times to the most recent:


Timeline: Neolithic–Bronze Age–Iron Age–ancient Greece–Roman Republic (7000–1 B.C.)


Timeline: Roman Empire–Modern Age (1–1800 A.D.)


Data from Hohenberg and Lees (1985)

*Warsaw data from 1792


Data from Chandler (1987)


See also

* Historical urban community sizes * Largest cities in Europe *
List of cities in Europe This is a list of lists of cities in Europe. Lists of countries includes countries that fall to at least some extent within European geographical boundaries according to certain definitions. European Union * List of cities in the European Union by ...
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List of largest cities throughout history This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest populated place in the world was a proto-city in the Ancient Near East with a population of about ...
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List of metropolitan areas in Europe This list ranks metropolitan areas in Europe by their population according to three different sources; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million. Sources List includes metropolitan areas according only studies of ...
* List of oldest continuously inhabited cities


Notes and references

{{Use dmy dates, date=March 2017 Histories of cities in Europe
European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500 to AD 1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early ...
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