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by moosekaka
3049 days ago
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Have you never heard of Admiral ZhengHe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He BTW, the middle kingdom WAS the "influencer on the world stage" prior to the industrial revolution in Europe. You could argue that civil service exam tested for rote memorization as it was looking for a specific aptitude that led to been a good administrator. Plenty of science, math and inventions originated or were independently discovered in China up to at least the Renaissance. |
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