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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">+ Populace A</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">+ Populace C</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">+ Populace D</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">+ Populace K</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">+ Populace L</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">+ Populace S</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">+ Populace »</c>
      <c size="7" pages="7" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">10th Century</c>
      <c size="4" pages="4" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">11th Century</c>
      <c size="6" pages="6" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">12th Century</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="13th Century" />
  </query-continue>
</api>