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Compass
The magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination as early as the Chinese Han Dynasty
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porcelian
orcelain /ˈpɔːrsəlɪn, ˈpɔːrslɪn/ is a ceramic material made by heating materials, generally including kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 °C
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221
steel
The Chinese of the Warring States period (403–221 BC) had quench-hardened steel, while Chinese of the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) created steel by melting together wrought iron with cast iron, gaining an ultimate product of a carbon-intermediate steel by the 1st century AD.
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722
Paddle wheel boat
Water scooping shovels are dated all the way back to the roman empire but they weren't really "invented". The first time they were actually built and used was by the Chinese in 960-1279, when the song dynasty was settled. the Chinese used it for war and surprised its enemy's .
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740
paper money
Paper money was made by the Tang Dynasty in China in 740 B.C. They made the paper money as an offshoot of the invention of block printing. Block printing is like stamping. Some people used the process for quilts, but the government made ready use of it in printing money.
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850
Gun powder
Chinese alchemist looking for the secret to eternal life accidentally discovered gun powder. -
Mechanic clock
Mechanical Clock. One of the greatest inventions of the medieval world was the mechanical clock, developed in China. Yi Xing, a Buddhist monk and mathematician, made the first model of a mechanical clock in C.E. 725.
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Tea
The history of tea dates back to ancient China, almost 5,000 years ago. According to legend, in 2732 B.C. Emperor Shen Nung discovered tea when leaves from a wild tree blew into his pot of boiling water. He was immediately interested in the pleasant scent of the resulting brew, and drank some.
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silk
Chinese legend gives the title Goddess of Silk to Lady Hsi-Ling-Shih, wife of the mythical Yellow Emperor, who was said to have ruled China in about 3000 BC. She is credited with the introduction of silkworm rearing and the invention of the loom.
www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml
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