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well it wasnt necessarily thousands of years, but they had better technology than the rest of the world when they went out and had a one-time trade exploration in the early 1000's and decided to not to even attempt to trade with the rest of the world until the industrial revolution in the 1700's and by then they were miles behind Europe.

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