( This was standard Babylonian practice: when the Philistine city of Ashkalon was conquered in 604, the political, religious and economic elite ( but not the bulk of the population ) was banished and the administrative centre shifted to a new location ).

As the Indian population became numerically dominant and the voting franchise was extended, political power shifted from the Franco-Mauritians and their Creole allies to the Indo-Mauritians.

During the last half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th migrations to the countryside decreased Panama City ’ s population and the isthmus ' economy shifted from the tertiary to the primary sector.

Although Pittsburgh successfully shifted the focus of its economy and remained a viable city, the city's population never rebounded to its industrial-era highs.

By early 2011 Colombian authorities and news media reported that the FARC and the clandestine sister groups have partly shifted strategy from guerrilla warfare to ' a war of militias ', meaning that they are increasingly operating in civilian clothes while hiding amongst sympathizers in the civilian population.

The population continues to be heavily rural and dependent on farming for its livelihood, although the farm structure in Uzbekistan has largely shifted from collective to individual since 1990.

The city's population began to stagnate during the 20th century as population growth shifted to suburban areas north and south of the city.

Humans then shifted to a seafood based diet, which allowed the population to increase.

The Great Barrier Reef provides important feeding areas for the species ; this reef area houses a stable population of around 10, 000, although the population concentration has shifted over time.

The expanse of industry brought with it a great increase in population as jobs shifted from rural farms towards the cities.

California and Texas are the most populous states, as the mean center of United States population has consistently shifted westward and southward.

The population shifted to the new town of Chandax ( modern Heraklion ) during the 9th century AD.

In recent years, though, the population has shifted in a more youthful direction.

With the development of wheat farming, population shifted to the north and east parts of the county, and a subsequent election in 1868 moved the county seat again to Pendleton.

As the epicenter of the massive Fuzhou influx has shifted to Brooklyn in the 2000s, Manhattan's Chinatown's Cantonese population still remains viable and large and successfully continues to retain its stable Cantonese community identity, maintaining the communal gathering venue established decades ago in the western portion of Chinatown, to shop, work, and socialize — in contrast to the Cantonese population and community identity which are declining very rapidly in Brooklyn's Chinatown.

Now the increasing Fuzhou influx has shifted into the Brooklyn Chinatown in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York City and is replacing the Cantonese population there more significantly than in Manhattan's Chinatown.

Gentrification in Manhattan's Chinatown has slowed the growth of Fuzhou immigration as well as the growth of Chinese immigrants to Manhattan in general, which is why New York City's rapidly growing Chinese population has now shifted primarily to the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn.

After World War II, a population and suburban housing boom dramatically shifted the demographics and economy of the Santa Clara Valley, as the " Valley of Heart's Delight " was beginning to transform into " Silicon Valley ".

After that, the population and business shifted over to the depots at Ina and Bonnie.

Ultimately, as the population center of the state shifted northward, it was no longer convenient to have a state capital at the southern extremity of the state.

The population declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s as mining techniques shifted to less labor-intensive methods.

As the state's population center shifted to the north and east as more settlers entered the area, the legislature voted to move the capital to the more centrally located city of Jackson in 1822.

At the time of the U. S. invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico in 1898 during the Spanish – American War, Ponce was the largest city in the island with a population of 22, 000.

In recent years, Ponce has solidified its position as the second most important city of Puerto Rico based on its economic progress and increasing population.

As of 2004, the population recorded by the U. S. Census Bureau is 462. According to Ponce de Leon town Census 2010 results, the population of the area was approximately 598 people.

From 2000 to 2010, the Ponce de Leon town population growth percentage was 30. 9 % ( or from 457 people to 598 people ).

The waving stripe represents the Toa River, one of the first mentioned in the history of Puerto Rico, and in whose shores Juan Ponce de León tried to settle the first population of Puerto Rico.

By the 1890s Utuado was the largest producer of coffee in Puerto Rico and the second municipality ( after Ponce ) with the largest population.

Mark J. Hudson Professor of Anthropology at Nishikyushu University, Kanzaki, Saga, Japan, said Japan was settled by a " Proto-Mongoloid " population in the Pleistocene who became the Jōmon and their features can be seen in the Ainu and Okinawan people.

At times the imperialist democracy acted with extreme brutality, as in the decision to execute the entire male population of Melos and sell off its women and children simply for refusing to became subjects of Athens.

After World War II, this formerly agrarian region saw striking growth and became the district with the largest and densest population in the Canton ( 110, 000 in 1990, 715 persons per km2 ).

The Industrial Revolution transformed Berlin during the 19th century ; the city's economy and population expanded dramatically, and it became the main rail hub and economic center of Germany.

The economic development of the city was followed by population growth and Bursa became the 4th most populous city in Turkey.

The population migrations around 1200 – 1100 BC reduced the shipping of tin around the Mediterranean ( and from Great Britain ), limiting supplies and raising prices. Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng, Spring and Autumn Period ( 476BC-221BC ) As ironworking improved, iron became cheaper ; and as cultures advanced from wrought iron to forged iron, they learned how to make steel, which is stronger than bronze and holds a sharper edge longer.

It much rather indicates that the Boii neither destroyed nor depopulated Felsinum, but simply moved in and became part of the population by intermarriage.

The island then was not the popular tourist destination it later became ; the author George Woodbury described it as " no city of homes ; it was a place of temporary sojourn and refreshment for a literally floating population ," continuing, " The only permanent residents were the piratical camp followers, the traders, and the hangers-on ; all others were transient.

Although established to target the Irish Republican Army, the Black and Tans became notorious through their numerous attacks on the Irish civilian population.

However, as the term became politicized, its use fell out of favor as a means of referring to the entire population.

In addition to Adam Smith's legacy, Say's law, Malthus theories of population and Ricardo's iron law of wages became central doctrines of classical economics.

For example, as New England became increasingly settled and the resident wolves were eliminated, the coyote population increased, filling the empty ecological niche.

With increased population movements, the possibility of transmission by blood transfusion became more substantial in the United States.

It became clear that the beef cattle population required genetic improvement.

Membership in the party ultimately became a privilege, with a small subset of the general population of Party becoming an elite class or nomenklatura in Soviet society.

In the 19th century, the area's population began to grow as it became a major supplier of wool to the booming textile industry in Britain and shipping traffic increased ( the British, in return, began importing Morocco's now famous national drink, gunpowder tea ).

In the 1860 United States Census the slave population in the United States had grown to four million, and in Reconstruction after the Civil War ( late 1860s ) the newly freed slaves became citizens with ( in the case of men ) a nominal right to vote.

As the city continued to prosper during the 18th century, Georgian Dublin became, for a short period, the second largest city of the British Empire and the fifth largest city in Europe, with the population exceeding 130, 000.

Following the completion of the Erie Canal in 1817, which opened up easier travel to Lake Erie from the East Coast of the United States, the Detroit River became a heavily traversed route for settlers traveling to northern Michigan, and Detroit, as well, experienced a sudden increase in population.

After the expulsion of most of the German population, the city was repopulated and became known under the Polish name Elbląg.

In New England many farmers became uneasy as they noticed clearing of forest changed stream flows and a decrease in bird population which helped control insects pests.

On 17 December 1790 he created the Assistant Parish of Tuineje, which became a new parish division on 23 June 1792 under the bishop Tavira with lands including part of the Jandía peninsular with a population of 1, 670 inhabitants.

Pursuant to the Oslo Accords signed in 1993, the Palestinian Authority became the administrative body that governed Palestinian population centres.

While the Kingdom of Prussia contained most of the population and most of the territory of the Reich, the Prussian leadership became supplanted by German leaders and Prussia itself played a lesser role.

With the French intent on reconquest and re-enslavement of the colony's black population, the war became a bloody struggle of atrocity and attrition.