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What happened to the Kirishitan?

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Seeing as the giving of the Orkneys and the Shetland Islands to Scotland was security for a dowry payment, why hasn't Norway or Denmark ever tried to buy them back again?

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When did people from Western Europe start referring to Constantinople as Istanbul?

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Why did slings go out of fashion?

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What purposes did frontier forts serve in the American West?

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What happened to the Kirishitan?	3
Seeing as the giving of the Orkneys and the Shetland Islands to Scotland was security for a dowry payment, why hasn't Norway or Denmark ever tried to buy them back again?	3
When did people from Western Europe start referring to Constantinople as Istanbul?	2
Why did slings go out of fashion?	1
What purposes did frontier forts serve in the American West?	1