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Chinese History Timeline

By joy.jiang
  • 2700 BCE

    Tea

    Tea
    Many Chinese people drank tea back then. They were made from tea leaves and steep in boiling water.
  • 50

    Disease Prevention

    Disease Prevention
    Chinese people knowledge for medicine dates back way to the first century.
  • 650

    Printing

    Printing
    Chinese people were also the ones that invented printing. Back then it was called woodblock printing.
  • 650

    Paper

    Paper
    The Chinese were the first to make paper.
  • 750

    Mechanical Clock

    Mechanical Clock
    The Chinese developed the first mechanical clock in about the 8th
    century.
  • 850

    Game cards

    Game cards
    Chinese people were the ones who first made game cards
  • 875

    Paper Money

    Paper Money
    Paper money was invented by the Chinese in the late 8th or early 9th century.
  • 950

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    Chinese people were the first to make gunpowder.
  • 950

    Flamethrower

    Flamethrower
    By the 10th century, the Chinese had made the first weapon that used gunpowder: the flamethrower.
  • 1300

    Rocket

    Rocket
    Rocket technology was developed in china during the Song dynasty.