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2. The Song Dynasty in China, circa 1200 AD: 25% to 30% of global output
2. 中国宋朝，公元1200年前后：占全球经济产出总量的25%-30%
Agriculture came later to China than it did in the modern-day Middle East. But by the time Chinese civilization made good use of the benefits of agricultural society, around 1200 AD, they had created one of the most magnificent civilizations the world had ever seen. Some scholars, like Ronald A. Edwards, an economic historian of China’s Song Dynasty at Tamkang University, argues that it was China, not England, that experienced the world’s first industrial revolution. He draws on research conducted by Japanese and Chinese scholars that shows that China experienced per capita economic growth at the same time that its population grew, something Europe wouldn’t achieve for hundreds of years.
中国开始发展农业的时间要晚于现在的中东地区。但是到了公元1200年前后，当中华文明充分发挥出农业社会的种种优势时，他们已然创造出了史上最为辉煌的文明之一。有些学者，比如在台湾淡江大学研究中国宋代史的经济史学家罗纳德•爱德华兹认为，世界上最早经历第一次工业革命的国家应该是中国，而不是英国。他的依据是中日两国学者进行的研究，这些研究表明，当时中国在人口增长的同时，也经历了人均经济产出的增长，而欧洲在几百年之后都没有做到这一点。
