What was the first World city to surpass the 1 million mark in population?

maveric

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:31 PM
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What was the first World city to surpass the 1 million mark in population?

Rome?
Alexandria?

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Crazy Guggenheim

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:32 PM
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1. Rome. I mis-remembered.

Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 11:38 PM by Crazy Guggenheim

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Redstone

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:33 PM
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2. No idea, but it's a fascinating question.

I'm going to stay awake until someone posts the answer.

I'd guess some city in China.

Redstone

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XNASA

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:35 PM
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3. Rome in 5 B.C.

Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 11:37 PM by XNASA

The next city would be London, but not for another 1800 years.

http://www.usefultrivia.com/history_trivia/history_trivia_008b.html

I still want to know the answer to the question, "When was the largest gathering of people ever in America?"

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Crazy Guggenheim

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:39 PM
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4. That's right.

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CanuckAmok

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:40 PM
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5. was it "Hands Across America"?

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XNASA

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:44 PM
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6. I looked that up....

And I don't think it was technically a gathering. In someplaces the chain of people of open for hundreds of miles, in the desert for example. More of a happening, but not really that many were actually 'gathered'.

I recently read that 2.5 million New Yorkers attended the Thanksgiving Day Parade. That's as big a number as I've come across so far. :hi:

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CanuckAmok

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:46 PM
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7. Haw Haw!

You used "happening" as a noun! Loser!!

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XNASA

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:54 PM
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8. Yet another hackneyed Simpsons reference?

Pul-lease.......it's the back of line for you. :*

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CanuckAmok

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Sat Dec-03-05 11:56 PM
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9. which one? "Noun"?

... :shrug:

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XNASA

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Sun Dec-04-05 12:00 AM
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10. Nelson?

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CanuckAmok

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Sun Dec-04-05 12:02 AM
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11. No, CanuckAmok.

And who might you be?

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XNASA

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Sun Dec-04-05 12:10 AM
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12. Hacienda.

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