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2650 BCE
Tea
tea-made by letting tea leaves steep in booiling water-was drunk mostly as medicine. -
Period: 300 BCE to 1400
Chinese history
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250 BCE
Compass
The first chinese compass were pieces of a magnetic mineral called lodestone. -
50
Steel
Steel is made from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes. -
50
Percelain
Porcelain is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar. -
150
paper
The earliest chinese paper was probably made from hemp and then the dark of the mulberry tree -
650
Printing
In the 7th century, the chinese invented a technique called woodblock printing. -
750
Paper Money
Like game cards, paper money was printed with wood blocks. -
850
Gunpowder
Chinese alchemists accidentally discovered when they were looking for the secret to eternal life. -
850
Game cards
Printers used woodblock printing to make the cards from thick paper.
