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Originally Posted by Ironduke
The Chinese had repeating crossbows too, complete with magazines full of bolts, capable of 40 rounds per minute.
The Romans, however, would have quickly adopted and incorporated any technology used against them, so any superior Chinese weapon would become a Roman weapon. I'm unsure if the Chinese would have done likewise.
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Until middle Ming dynasty, China was very able to lean/adopt new things from its enemies or other cultures. China was very adventurous at that time.
In fact, militarily, China defeated the Xiongnu by extensively using Xiongnu’s cavalry tactics.
In early Ming dynasty, China even had a great expedition into Indian Ocean.
Zheng He - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Starting from Eastern Han, China adopted Buddhism from India and made it one of the building blocks of Chinese culture.
China really started to lock itself from the rest of world during late Ming dynasty. China was pretty open during early Qing dynasty, but they started to lock themselves again in the late Qing dynasty and nearly half of the PRC history.