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Period: 300 BCE to 1400
Chinese History
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200 BCE
Steel
Steel is made
from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes. Later they learned that blowing air into molten, or melted, cast iron causes a chemical
reaction that creates steel. Steel is a great deal stronger than iron. -
3 BCE
Compass
It made it easier to travel by sea. It was made with lodestone as magnetic material on a bowl. They improved this with replaceing the stone with a needle and rubbing the needle on the stone -
50
Porcelain
It is made by combining clay, quartz and,feldspar. Baked in a kiln making light pass through it.Porcelain Is a very delicate and expensive pottery. The was important to china. -
750
Tea
Tea became an everyday beverage in China. It was so popular that they wrote a book about about how to cultivate,prepare, and drink tea. -
850
Gunpowder
acidentnly discovered by achelmist who were looking for a secret to eternal life -
850
clock
The first clock was perfect. Made by different clocks. The clock was Dripping water made the wheel turn. Every quarter hour, drums would beat; and every hour, a bell would chime. -
950
Flamethrower
The flamethrower was used by combining gunpowder and oil together.Which was there first weapon using gunpowder -
950
Paper Money
Before money was invented coins were used for currency. Just like game cards coins were printed form wood blocks. This type of money had many colors -
950
game cards
They produced cards from woodblock printing and thick paper. Famous artist drew the designs on the back -
1250
Bomb
They used small bombs to cunfuse and scare the enemy. The large bombs are explosiveas modern bombs.
