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Chinese Inventions

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

    3000BC to 1400 CE

  • 1300 BCE

    Rocket Technology

    Rocket Technology
    They were first used for fireworks, then the Chinese started using them as weapons. It consists of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.
  • 1050 BCE

    Artillery shells

    Artillery shells
    When the enemies were getting hurled by catapults
  • 200

    Steel

    Steel
    The Chinese first made steel, a very useful metal, before 200 B.C.E..
  • Feb 15, 750

    mechanical clock

    mechanical clock
    The Chinese invented the first mechanical clock in the 8th century.
  • Feb 15, 750

    Paper money

    Paper money
    Paper money was invented by the Chinese in the late 8th or early 9th century. Before that time, coins were the only
    form of currency.
  • Feb 15, 800

    Game cards

    Game cards
    Game cards were made from printers in China in the 9th century. Printers made them from thick paper.
  • Feb 15, 950

    flame thrower

    flame thrower
    Flame throwers were made in the 10th century. They contained gunpowder.

  • Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    Accidentally discovered by alchemists working with saltpeter looking fir the secret to the eternal life. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY

  • Printing

    Printing
    In about the 7th century, the Chinese invented a technique called woodblock printing. The printer first drew characters (symbols) on
    paper.