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China's historical GDP and world ranking show how powerful ancient China was.
China s GDP in past dynasties and its world ranking;

Han dynasty:

The national strength is strong, and the economy accounts for 26% of the world. And like the Roman Empire, it dominates one side and can be said to be the center of the east of the world.

Tang dynasty:

It reached the peak of China's ancient feudal history, accounting for 58% of the world's total economic output, which greatly widened the gap with other countries. Even the Eastern Roman Empire, which ranked second, occupied only 9% of the total. Like the third place, the gap between the Arab Empire and East Rome is no more than 7%. The fourth place, ancient India, followed closely. It can be seen that the Tang Dynasty was arrogant at that time and its economic status was very significant.

Song dynasty:

We can see the grand occasion from the Riverside Map at Qingming Festival. At that time, the GDP of Song Dynasty accounted for 60% of the world, which was the highest in China. At the same time, the Song Dynasty was also the richest era in China's history. In a typical era when wealth was hidden among the people, the appearance of paper money and the development of trade in Song Dynasty brought rich benefits to many businessmen.

Yuan dynasty:

Chengzong Dade II received gold 1.92 million yuan, silver 62,000 yuan, and banknotes 3.6 million ingots. The total economic output of the Yuan Dynasty was about 32 billion yuan.

Ming dynasty:

During the Wanli period, China's economy accounted for 55% of the world, with an average of 45%. Although the famine and war in the late Ming Dynasty brought about a continuous economic decline, fortunately, by the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan region had recovered and even developed.

Qing dynasty:

The economy accounts for 35% of the world GDP-10%. After 1840, the economic decline was even worse. After the invasion, a large amount of silver was used for compensation and flowed out, which led to the rapid decline of the whole national strength, from the peak of 35% when Kangxi was in Qianlong Jiaqing to less than 10%.