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Towns that served as county capital in the 16th century

#title:Towns that served as county capital in the 16th century
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate
  WHERE
  {
      ?item wdt:P81 ?ahp_id .
      ?item p:P63 ?statement .
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
      ?item p:P79 ?statement1.
      ?statement1 pq:P40 ?pointintime1 .
      ?statement1 (ps:P79/(wdt:P56*)) wd:Q99.  # stolica powiatu
      FILTER(YEAR(?pointintime) = 1600 && YEAR(?pointintime1) = 1600)
      SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
  }

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Human settlements that were places of the local assembly in the 16th century

#title:Human settlements that were places of the local assembly in the 16th century
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate
  WHERE
  {
      ?item wdt:P81 ?ahp_id .
      ?item p:P63 ?statement .
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
      ?item p:P79 ?statement1.
      ?statement1 pq:P40 ?pointintime1 .
      ?statement1 (ps:P79/(wdt:P56*)) wd:Q91.  # places of the local assembly
      FILTER(YEAR(?pointintime) = 1600 && YEAR(?pointintime1) = 1600)
      SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
  }

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Human settlements that were towns in the 16th century and are now villages

#title:Human settlements that were towns in the 16th century and are now villages
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?settlement ?settlementLabel ?coordinate16thCentury WHERE {
  # Warunek dla miejscowości
  ?settlement wdt:P27 wd:Q175698.

  # It was a town in the 16th century
  ?settlement p:P62 ?cityStatement.
  ?cityStatement ps:P62 wd:Q622;
                 pq:P40 ?pointInTime16thCentury.
  FILTER(YEAR(?pointInTime16thCentury) > 1500 && YEAR(?pointInTime16thCentury) <= 1600)

  # it is a village in the year 2022
  ?settlement p:P62 ?villageStatement.
  ?villageStatement ps:P62 wd:Q653;
                    pq:P40 ?pointInTime2022.
  FILTER(YEAR(?pointInTime2022) = 2022)

  # geographical coordinates from the 16th century
  ?settlement p:P63 ?coordStatement.
  ?coordStatement ps:P63 ?coordinate16thCentury;
                 pq:P40 ?coordTime.
  FILTER(YEAR(?coordTime) > 1500 && YEAR(?coordTime) <= 1600)

  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}

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Human settlements that existed in the 16th century but do not exist today

#title:Human settlements that existed in the 16th century but do not exist today
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?settlement ?settlementLabel ?settlementDescription ?coordinate16thCentury WHERE {
  # Condition for elements that are human settlements
  ?settlement wdt:P27 wd:Q175698.

  # Filter for a description containing the text ‘historic settlement’
  ?settlement schema:description ?settlementDescription.
  FILTER(CONTAINS(LCASE(?settlementDescription), "osada historyczna"))
  
  # geographical coordinates from the 16th century
  ?settlement p:P63 ?coordStatement.
  ?coordStatement ps:P63 ?coordinate16thCentury;
                 pq:P40 ?coordTime.
  FILTER(YEAR(?coordTime) > 1500 && YEAR(?coordTime) <= 1600)

  # Service for labels and descriptions in the indicated language
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],pl". }
}

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People born in the 16th century

#title:People born in the 16th century
SELECT DISTINCT ?human ?humanLabel (YEAR(?date_of_birth) AS ?year) WHERE {
  ?human wdt:P27 wd:Q5.
  ?human wdt:P11 ?date_of_birth.
  FILTER (YEAR(?date_of_birth) >= 1500 && YEAR(?date_of_birth) < 1601)
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
ORDER BY ?date_of_birth

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List of long-lived persons

#title:Persons with known date of birth and death who have lived beyond 90 years
SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?itemLabel ?age 
WHERE {
        ?item wdt:P27 wd:Q5 .
        ?item p:P11/psv:P11 ?birth_date_node . 
        ?item p:P12/psv:P12 ?death_date_node .
        ?birth_date_node wikibase:timeValue ?birth_date.
        ?death_date_node wikibase:timeValue ?death_date.
        ?birth_date_node wikibase:timePrecision ?birth_precision.
        ?death_date_node wikibase:timePrecision ?death_precision.
        BIND( YEAR(?death_date) - YEAR(?birth_date) - 
              IF(MONTH(?death_date)<MONTH(?birth_date) || 
                 (MONTH(?death_date)=MONTH(?birth_date) && DAY(?death_date)<DAY(?birth_date)),1,0) AS ?age )
        FILTER(?age > 90 && ?birth_precision >= 9 && ?death_precision >= 9). 
        SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
ORDER BY DESC(?age)

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Persons living in the 16th century - born, deceased or active during this period

#title:Persons living in the 16th century - born, deceased or active during this period
SELECT * WHERE
{ 
 
  { 
    SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?itemLabel WHERE {
    ?item wdt:P27 wd:Q5.
    ?item wdt:P11 ?birthdate.
    ?item wdt:P12 ?deathdate. 
    FILTER(
           ((?birthdate >= "1501-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime) && (?birthdate <= "1600-12-31T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime)) 
           ||
           ((?deathdate >= "1501-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime) && (?deathdate <= "1600-12-31T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime))
          ) 
    SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }}
  }
UNION
  {
   SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?itemLabel WHERE {
    ?item wdt:P27 wd:Q5.
    ?item wdt:P87 ?fluorit.
    FILTER ((?fluorit >= "+1501-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime) && (?fluorit <= "+1600-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime))
    SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }}
  }
   
}
ORDER BY ?itemLabel

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Human settlements that were cities in the 16th century

#title:Human settlements that were cities in the 16th century
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate
  WHERE
  {
      ?item wdt:P81 ?ahp_id .
      ?item p:P63 ?statement .
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime .  
      ?item p:P62 ?statement1.
      ?statement1 pq:P40 ?pointintime1 .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
      ?statement1 (ps:P62/(wdt:P56*)) wd:Q622.
      FILTER(YEAR(?pointintime) = 1600 && YEAR(?pointintime1) = 1600)
      SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
  }

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Human settlements that were monarchically owned in the 16th century

#title:Human settlements that were monarchically owned in the 16th century
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate
  WHERE
  {
      ?item wdt:P81 ?ahp_id .
      ?item p:P63 ?statement .
      ?item p:P134 ?statement1.
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime .
      ?statement1 pq:P40 ?pointintime1 .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
      ?statement1 (ps:P134/(wdt:P56*)) wd:Q64.  # Q64 - własność monarsza, Q63 - duchowna, Q65 - mieszczańska, Q66 - szlachecka
      FILTER(YEAR(?pointintime) = 1600)
      FILTER(YEAR(?pointintime1) = 1600)
      SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
  }

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Human settlements by property type in the 16th century

#title:Human settlements by property type in the 16th century
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate ?layer
  WHERE
  {
      ?item wdt:P81 ?ahp_id .
      ?item p:P63 ?statement .
      ?item p:P134 ?statement1.
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime .
      ?statement1 pq:P40 ?pointintime1 .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
      ?statement1 (ps:P134/(wdt:P56*)) ?typ
      # Q64 - royal property, Q63 - ecclesiastical property, Q65 - townsmen property, Q66 - noble property
      BIND(
      IF(?typ = wd:Q64, "royal",
      IF(?typ = wd:Q63, "ecclesiastical",
      IF(?typ = wd:Q65, "townsmen",
      IF(?typ = wd:Q66, "noble",
      "inna"))))
      AS ?layer).
      FILTER(YEAR(?pointintime) = 1600)
      FILTER(YEAR(?pointintime1) = 1600)
      SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
  }
GROUP BY ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate ?layer

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Summary of the number of people born in each century

#title:Summary of the number of people born in each century
#defaultView:BarChart
SELECT ?centuryRoman (COUNT(*) AS ?count)
WHERE {
  ?person wdt:P27 wd:Q5;
          wdt:P11 ?birthDate .

  # Calculation of centenary based on year of birth
  BIND(CEIL((YEAR(?birthDate) - 1) / 100) AS ?century)
  BIND(
    IF(?century = 10, "X",
    IF(?century = 11, "XI",
    IF(?century = 12, "XII",
    IF(?century = 13, "XIII",
    IF(?century = 14, "XIV",
    IF(?century = 15, "XV",
    IF(?century = 16, "XVI",
    IF(?century = 17, "XVII",
    IF(?century = 18, "XVIII",
    IF(?century = 19, "XIX",
    IF(?century = 20, "XX",
    ""))))))))))) AS ?centuryRoman).
  # filtering out incorrect data 
  FILTER(?century >= 10 && ?century < 21)
}
GROUP BY ?centuryRoman
ORDER BY ?count

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Persons with the surname Sobieski born in the 16th and 17th centuries

#title:Persons with the surname Sobieski born in the 16th and 17th centuries
#defaultView:Timeline
SELECT DISTINCT ?person (MAX(?deathDate) as ?ddate) (MAX(?birthDate) as ?bdate) (MAX(?personLabel) as ?label) WHERE {
  # Condition for persons
  ?person wdt:P27 wd:Q5.
  ?person rdfs:label ?personLabel.

  # Collection of date of birth 
  ?person p:P11 ?birthStatement.
  ?birthStatement ps:P11 ?birthDate.
  
  # Collection of date of death
  ?person p:P12 ?deathStatement.
  ?deathStatement ps:P12 ?deathDate.
  
  # date of birth filtering - range 1501-1700 and surname ‘Sobieski’ in the label
  FILTER(CONTAINS(LCASE(?personLabel), "sobieski") && ?birthDate >= "1501-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime && ?birthDate <= "1700-12-31T23:59:59Z"^^xsd:dateTime)

} GROUP BY ?person
ORDER BY ?personLabel

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Zmiana nazwy miejscowości między XVI wiekiem a współczesnością (tylko własność monarsza)

#title:Zmiana nazwy miejscowości między XVI wiekiem a współczesnością (tylko dla własności monarszej)
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?place ?currentName ?historicNames ?coordinate ?layer
WHERE {
  
  BIND(
    IF ( CONTAINS(LCASE(CONCAT(?historicNames,",")), LCASE(CONCAT(?currentName, ","))), "kontynuacja", "zmiana") AS ?layer ).
  
  {
    SELECT ?place ?currentName ?coordinate (GROUP_CONCAT(?historicName; separator=",") AS ?historicNames) 
    WHERE {
      ?place wdt:P27 wd:Q175698;  # miejscowość jest instancją "Q175698" (miejscowość)
             rdfs:label ?currentName.
      ?place wdt:P134 wd:Q64.
      ?place p:P63 ?statement .
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime_coord .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
  
      ?place p:P54 ?historicNameStatement .
      ?historicNameStatement ps:P54 ?historicName;
                             pq:P40 ?pointInTime16thCentury.
      
      # Filtr na opis zawierający tekst "osada historyczna"
      ?place schema:description ?settlementDescription.
      FILTER(LANG(?settlementDescription) = "pl")  # Opis w języku polskim
      FILTER(!STRSTARTS(?settlementDescription, "osada historyczna")) 
  
      FILTER(LANG(?currentName) = "pl" && YEAR(?pointInTime16thCentury) = 1600 && YEAR(?pointintime_coord) = 1600)
      }
    GROUP BY ?place ?currentName ?coordinate
  }
}

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Odległości między położeniem miejscowości w XVI wieku i współcześnie (w km)

#title:Odległości między położeniem miejscowości w XVI wieku i współcześnie w km
SELECT DISTINCT ?place ?placeLabel ?distance 
WHERE {
  
SELECT ?place ?placeLabel ?coord1 ?coord2 (geof:distance(?coord1, ?coord2) AS ?distance)
WHERE {
  ?place wdt:P27 wd:Q175698;
         p:P63 ?statement1, ?statement2.

  ?statement1 ps:P63 ?coord1.
  ?statement2 ps:P63 ?coord2.

  FILTER(?statement1 != ?statement2)
  
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
}
ORDER BY DESC (?distance)

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Miejscowości Wólka lub Dąbrowa w XVI wieku

#title:Miejscowości z nazwami typu Wólka lub Dąbrowa w XVI wieku
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate ?historicNames ?layer
WHERE {
  
BIND(
      IF(CONTAINS(?historicNames, "Wólka"), "Wólka",
      IF(CONTAINS(?historicNames, "Dąbrowa"), "Dąbrowa",
      "inna"))
      AS ?layer).

  { 
    SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate (GROUP_CONCAT(?historicName; separator=",") AS ?historicNames) 
    WHERE
    {
      ?item wdt:P81 ?ahp_id .
      ?item p:P63 ?statement .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime .
    
      ?item p:P54 ?historicNameStatement .
      ?historicNameStatement ps:P54 ?historicName;
                             pq:P40 ?pointInTime16thCentury.
      
      FILTER( YEAR(?pointintime) = 1600 && YEAR(?pointInTime16thCentury) = 1600 && (CONTAINS(?historicName, "Wólka") || CONTAINS(?historicName, "Dąbrowa")))
    }
    GROUP BY ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate ?historicName
  }
  
  FILTER(?layer = "Wólka" || ?layer = "Dąbrowa")
}

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Stara Wieś kontra Nowa Wieś w XVI wieku

#title:Stara Wieś kontra Nowa Wieś w XVI wieku
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate ?historicNames ?layer
WHERE {
  
BIND(
      IF(CONTAINS(?historicNames, "Nowa Wieś"), "Nowa Wieś",
      IF(CONTAINS(?historicNames, "Stara Wieś"), "Stara Wieś",
      "inna"))
      AS ?layer).

  { 
    SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate (GROUP_CONCAT(?historicName; separator=",") AS ?historicNames) 
    WHERE
    {
      ?item wdt:P81 ?ahp_id .
      ?item p:P63 ?statement .
      ?statement ps:P63 ?coordinate .
      ?statement pq:P40 ?pointintime .
    
      ?item p:P54 ?historicNameStatement .
      ?historicNameStatement ps:P54 ?historicName;
                             pq:P40 ?pointInTime16thCentury.
      
      FILTER( YEAR(?pointintime) = 1600 && YEAR(?pointInTime16thCentury) = 1600 && (CONTAINS(?historicName, "Nowa Wieś") || CONTAINS(?historicName, "Stara Wieś")))
    }
    GROUP BY ?item ?itemLabel ?ahp_id ?coordinate ?historicName
  }
  
  FILTER(?layer = "Nowa Wieś" || ?layer = "Stara Wieś")
}

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