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Johann Sebastian Bach had seven children that survived to adulthood, but no modern descendants. There was no effective contraception back then and none of his children became clergymen, so how did this happen?
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What was construction like in the mid-late Middle Ages? What materials and technologies did they use? Which ones did they lack? Who was usually hired to build in the cities? Did lower classes build their own houses? What were conditions like for laborers in the Middle Ages?
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Did the American Civil War, and French invasion of Mexico, lead to comparable increases in nationalism?
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In the second Italian War (1499-1504), France and Spain planned to split Southern Italy half-and-half, but this failed. Is it true that this was due to the semi-nomadic, migratory nature of its inhabitants? If so, how long had the region been like this?
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