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Yes, quite a few dynasties in Chinese history for example. At a few points China had higher GDP than the rest of the world combined with much better average standard of living for its people. The early Tang dynasty comes into mind.

There were no serf class, but of course there were peasants/farmers of course since someone had to grow food.



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