This calls into question the commonly-held view that science and technology owe their conception and development largely to Western pioneers in the late second millennium.

这些成绩对人们通常持有的“人类第二个千年里，科技倒退大全体回过于东方人”的观点提出了质疑。

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"It looks a little bit like the Millennium Falcon, but an incredible view."

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