Chinese Discoveries & Inventions

By younghan
  • Period: 3000 BCE to Dec 31, 1400

    3000Bc-1400 AD

  • 2700 BCE

    TEA

    TEA
    Chinese have been drinking it 2700 B.C. Several years they made it by putting tea leaves into boiling water. It was actually drunk as medicine. INDUSTRY
  • 100

    PAPER

    PAPER
    The Chinese created paper along with many other things. They were probably mad of hem and mulberry bark. INDUSTRY
  • Feb 15, 650

    PRINTING

    PRINTING
    One of the other things they invented was printing.Theu first drew symbols then glued the paper to the wood block. After it drived the craved the chracters into the wood. INDUSTRY
  • Feb 13, 750

    PAPER MONEY

    PAPER MONEY
    There was only coins before they invented paper money. Just like game cards they were printed on wood blocks. EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • Feb 13, 750

    MECHANICAL CLOCK

    MECHANICAL CLOCK
    The mechanical clock was more accurate than such as hour glasses. They used a wheel to make it turn every 24 hours. EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • Feb 13, 850

    GUNPOWER

    GUNPOWER
    Chinese alchemist accidentally dissolved when they were working with salt pepper trying to fin a cure for death. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
  • Feb 13, 850

    GAME CARDS

    GAME CARDS
    The game cards were made with a printer which would make the cards with thick paper. Artists drew on back of card for the designs, game cards are used even today. EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • Feb 13, 1050

    ARTILLERY SHELLS

    ARTILLERY SHELLS
    Hurled at enemies by a machine they used which was called catapult. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
  • Feb 13, 1300

    ROCKET TECHNOLOGY

    ROCKET TECHNOLOGY
    They first were used for fireworks, then Chinese started using them as weapons. It consists of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.
    MILITARY TECHNOLOGY