Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): edo consequently rapidly grew from what had been a small , virtually unknown fishing village in 1457 to a metropolis with an estimated population of 1,000,000 by 1721 , the largest city in the world at the time.
Output (English): as a result , edo quickly grew from a small , basically unknown fishing village in 1457 to a metropolis with about 1,000,000 people by 1721 , the world 's largest city at the time.