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varta · 23rd September 2016, 07:56 PM

From the Qing Dynasty, the Han began to trade guns with the aborigines. Now, although the bolt-action rifles have replaced matchlocks from the seventeenth century, the aborigines continued to use them until the early twentieth century.

23rd September 2016, 07:56 PM	#16
varta Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Berlin-Paris Posts: 37	From the Qing Dynasty, the Han began to trade guns with the aborigines. Now, although the bolt-action rifles have replaced matchlocks from the seventeenth century, the aborigines continued to use them until the early twentieth century. Last edited by varta; 24th September 2016 at 03:35 PM.