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In Edo long ago, there were more people than in any other town in Japan.
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About 200 years ago, it was the biggest city in the world.
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ア In 1801, the biggest city in Europe was London. It had 850,000 people, but
Edo had 1,300,000 people at about the same time!
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The population of Edo did not change very much since then, but we can say
that it was still one of the biggest cities in the world.
ウ After that, London became bigger very fast. In 1845, it had 2,400,000 people.