Chinese History

By joseph.boppell1
  • 2700 BCE

    Tea

    Tea
    The Chinese invented tea for use as medicine. They made it by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water.
  • 850 BCE

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    The Chinese alchemists' invented gunpowder accidentally while trying to figure out the secret recipe to the immortality for humans.
  • 200 BCE

    Steel

    Steel
    Steel was made with iron, but it is less brittle than iron. They used cast iron, because the cast iron caused a chemical reaction to make steel.
  • 100 BCE

    Paper

    Paper
    The Chinese invented paper for art using hemp, bark, and then rags.
  • 50 BCE

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Porcelain was invented in the 1st century B.C. for pottery and vases.
  • 618

    Segmental Arch Bridge

    Segmental Arch Bridge
    Regular bridges took much more material to build, so the Chinese took a segment out of the bridge to use less material, making a semi-circle shape under the bridge.
  • 750

    Printing

    Printing
    They invented printing by putting ink on a table, then putting paper down. Then, they had a rolling pin with letters sticking out of it, so the ink would press on the paper when rolled and the letters would print.
  • 919

    Flamethorwer

    Flamethorwer
    The Chinese invented the flamethrower following the invention of gunpowder. They were powered with a mixture of gunpowder and oil. When they fired it, a stream of flames came out the front, hence the name flamethrower.
  • 983

    Canal Lock

    Canal Lock
    The Chinese invented the canal lock to improve the convenience of transportation using boats for everyday life