China

By Maureen Dalton
  • Period: 300 BCE to Jan 1, 1400

    Chinese discoveries.

  • 50 BCE

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Chinese invented porcelain. By the 10th century they were making very beautiful porcelains. It became very popular and many people started to make it.
    DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS
  • Feb 15, 650

    Paper

    Paper
    Chinese invented a technique called woodblock printing. They did this. By the 8th century they had an industry.
    DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS
  • Feb 15, 750

    Tea

    Tea
    The Chinese planted a lot of tea. It became very popular very quickly. To this day Chinese people still drink tea and believe it helps them.
    DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS
  • Feb 16, 750

    Mechanical clocks

    Mechanical clocks
    The clock they invented was much more accurate then what they had before.Every quarter hour, drums would sound and every hour, a bell would go off. That is how they new the time.
    EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • Feb 14, 850

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    In 850 C.E the first record of gunpowder was made. It was made by alchemists.
    MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
  • Feb 16, 850

    Cards

    Cards
    They used woodblock printing to print cards on to thick paper. Famous artists drew the designs on the back of them. Europeans saw card games by the late 1300 hundreds.
    EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • Feb 16, 850

    Paper Money

    Paper Money
    Before they invented paper money, coins were all the Chinese used. The money was still made by a woodblock printer except they the money was very colorful.
    EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • Feb 15, 950

    Flamethrower

    Flamethrower
    In the 10th Century the chines invented the flamethrower. They were made of gunpowder and oil. They would throw them at enemies.
    MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
  • Feb 15, 1250

    Bombs

    Bombs
    The Chinese made bombs in the 13th Century. They were making bombs as powerful as the modern day bomb.
    MILITARY TECHNOLOGY