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Memphis, Egypt3100 BCEWell over 30,000 Akkad, Babylonia (Iraq)2240 Lagash, Babylonia (Iraq)2075 Ur, Babylonia (Iraq)203065,000 Thebes, Egypt1980 Babylon, Babylonia (Iraq)1770 Avaris, Egypt1670 Memphis, Egypt1557 Thebes, Egypt1400 Nineveh, Assyria (Iraq)668 Babylon, Babylonia (Iraq)612First above 200,000 Alexandria320 Pataliputra (Patna), India300 Changan (Xi'an), China195400,000 Rome25450,000 (100 CE) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey340 CE400,000 (500) Ctesiphon, Iraq570 Changan (Xi'an), China637400,000 (622); 600,000 (800) Baghdad, Iraq775First over 1 million; 700,000 (800) Cordova, Spain935 Kaifeng, China1013400,000 (1000); 442,000 (1100) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1127 Merv (Mary), Turkmenistan1145200,000 (1150) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1153 Fez (Fes), Morocco1170 Hangzhou, China1180255,000 (1200); 320,000 (1250) Cairo, Egypt1315 Hangzhou, China1348432,000 (1350) Nanking, China1358487,000 (1400) Beijing, China1425600,000 (1450); 672,000 (1500) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1650700,000 (1650 & 1700) Beijing, China1710900,000 (1750); 1.1 million (1800) London, United Kingdom1825First over 5 million; 1.35 million (1825); 2.32 million (1850); 4.241 million (1875); 6.480 million (1900) New York1925First over 10 million; 7.774 million (1925), 12.463 million (1950) Tokyo1965First over 20 million; 23 million (1975)

Chandler utilized a plethora of historical sources to locate approximate populations for the world's largest cities since 3100 BCE.

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Occasions of many kinds are celebrated with poems, and thousands of poems are submitted for the poetry prize awarded by the emperor each New Year.

Japanese literature is noted for distinctive forms of drama as well as of poetry.

No plays can be considered as scenes from the ceremonial life of lords and ladies during Japan's Middle Ages.

tree-dwelling marsupial of coastal eastern Australia. The koala is about 60 to 85 cm (24 to 33 inches) long and weighs up to 14 kg (31 pounds) in the southern part of its range (Victoria) but only about half that in subtropical Queensland to the <langlabel name

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COUNTRY POPULATION (smallest) (February, 2006 numbers) Vatican City 920

COUNTRY POPULATION (largest) (February, 2006 numbers) China 1,306,313,800

OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by size) Pacific (155,557,000 sq km)

price hikes continued throughout the next decade.

solar energy proved impractical for most large-scale applications.

Western countries, including France, effectively used nuclear energy as an alternative power source.

story, direction, acting, camera work, and editing

In large commercial productions, however, these jobs are carried out by different individuals and production crews under the overall supervision of a producer.

A producer for a large studio may handle mostly the production and postproduction business of getting a picture completed.

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Rank City Country Population 1 SEOUL South Korea 10,231,000

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Album sales dropped for a seventh consecutive year, but a dramatic increase in the sale of digital tracks helped keep the music industry afloat in 2006.

"High School Musical" is the first soundtrack to become the No. 1 album since "Titanic" sold 9.3 million copies in 2002, a feat that should have Disney -- an indie in the recorded music field -- smiling.

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end of the spectrum are the reds and oranges. These gradually shade into yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. The colors have different wavelengths, frequencies, and energies. Violet has the shortest wavelength in the visible spectrum. That means it has the highest frequency and energy. Red has the longest wavelength, and lowest frequency and energy. LIGHT IN THE AIR Light travels through space in a straight line as long as nothing disturbs it. As light moves through the atmosphere, it continues to go straight until it bumps into a bit of dust or a gas molecule. Then what happens to the light depends on its wave length and the size of the thing it hits. Dust particles and water droplets are much larger than the wavelength of visible light. When light hits these large particles, it gets reflected, or bounced off, in different directions. The different colors of light are all reflected by the particle in the same way. The reflected light appears white because it still contains all of the same colors. Gas molecules are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. If light bumps into them, it acts differently. When light hits a gas molecule, some of it may get absorbed. After awhile, the molecule radiates (releases, or gives off) the light in a different direction. The color that is radiated is the same color that was absorbed. The different colors of light are affected differently. All of the co

d after Lord John Rayleigh, an English physicist, who first described it in the 1870's.) WHY IS THE SKY BLUE? The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by t

As you look closer to the horizon, the sky appears much paler in color. To reach you, the scattered blue light must pass through more air. Some of it gets scattered away again in other directions. Less blue light reaches your eyes. The color of the sky near the horizon appears paler or white.

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Sales from Apple's music-related products and services, which include iTunes, rose 38% from a year earlier to $832 million for the quarter ended Sept. 27

Apple sold 11.1 million iPods during the quarter, up 8% from a year earlier.

Chinese Democracy topping 1.5 million in CD sales and downloads

the American Music Industry has never been healthier.

“People don’t realize it,” said Stamphammer in a recent interview, “but we started planning for this back during the teen-pop era. In fact, remember when that N’Sync album sold 1.1 million copies in its first week? 50,000 of those were digital files.”

1. Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan - 33,200,000 2. New York, United States - 17,800,000

The Chesapeake Bay, forexample, has been polluted with the nutrients nitrogen andphosphorus and with excess sediment caused, in part, by urbanrunoff. The excess nutrients cause algae blooms that blocksunlight from reaching bay grasses-which are a source of food,shelter, and nursery grounds for many aquatic species.

In aneffort to control nutrient pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, theExecutive Council of the Chesapeake Bay Program" established agoal to reduce the nitrogen and phosphorus entering theChesapeake Bay by 40 percent, including through control of runofffrom urban areas.

Section: Festival The start of the New Year has been celebrated in China for more than 3,000 years. New Year was a time when the farmers gave thanks for the harvest and prayed to the gods for a good harvest in the coming year. This was the one period in the busy farming year when there was time to have a celebration and when the family could get together, relax, and be merry. Chinese New Year begins with a New Moon. The Lunar Year is calculated from the time it takes for the Moon to travel around the Earth, while the Western (Gregorian) calendar is based on the time it takes for the Earth to circle the Sun. The orbits of the Moon bear no relation to the time it takes for the Earth to go around the Sun, which is why the Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated on a different date each year. In China the New Year was renamed the Spring Festival, in 1911, when the Western calendar was officially accepted in China. However, it is still commonly known around the world as the Chinese New Year. Chinese years are named after one of twelve animals. These have been used in the same order to name the years since the sixth century A.D. Each animal is said to have its own personality and emotions, which are present in people born within its year. ~~~~~~~~By Sarah Moyse This article is copyrighted. All rights reserved.Source: Chinese New Year (0-7613-0374-X)

Holidays are very important to the French. The French begin the year with a celebration of the Jour de l'An, which is New Year's Day. They greet each other by saying "Bonne Annee!" (Happy New Year). On January 6th there is la Fete des Rois (the Festival of the Three Kings), where people have a King's Cake. Whoever finds the special toy that has been baked into the cake gets to be king or queen for the day. In February, the French celebrate la Saint-Valentin or Valentine's Day by giving, valentines and chocolates. Also the French mark the start of Lent (a religious time when people fast) with Mardi Gras celebrations. On the 1st of April people play tricks on each other and say "Poisson d'avril!" which means "April fish!" People have little paper fishes that they cut out and try to stick on the backs of their friends that day. Easter is an important holiday in France. On the morning of Easter Sunday, most French people go to church. Afterwards, they carry home candles that have been blessed by priests. For Easter, which is called Le Pacques, omelettes, (an egg dish) are usually eaten for breakfast. People also give each other chocolate eggs and chocolate bunnies.

Holidays are very important to the French. The French begin the year with a celebration of the Jour de l'An, which is New Year's Day. They greet each other by saying "Bonne Annee!" (Happy New Year). On January 6th there is la Fete des Rois (the Festival of the Three Kings), where people have a King's Cake. Whoever finds the special toy that has been baked into the cake gets to be king or queen for the day. In February, the French celebrate la Saint-Valentin or Valentine's Day by giving, valentines and chocolates. Also the French mark the start of Lent (a religious time when people fast) with Mardi Gras celebrations. On the 1st of April people play tricks on each other and say "Poisson d'avril!" which means "April fish!" People have little paper fishes that they cut out and try to stick on the backs of their friends that day.