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2700 BCE
Tea
Made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water and was drunk mostly as medicine. -
Period: 300 BCE to 1400
Chinese History
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200 BCE
Steel
It is made from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes. -
150
Papermaking
Made from hemp and then the bark of the mulberry tree -
250
Compass
It has pieces magnetic mineral. It is put in a bowl of water on a piece of wood. -
650
Woodblock printing
This drew symbols on paper -
850
Paper Money
This was printed with wood blocks. Song printers were using multiple wood blocks to print each bill. A single bill would have many colors. -
850
Gunpowder
Chinese alchemists looking for eternal life accidentally discovered gunpowder. -
950
Porcelain
It is made by combining clay with minerals quartz and feldspar. They put it in a kiln and is heated. It makes a white hard and waterproof pottery. -
1050
Movable Type
If you need to print they select the characters they need an place them in an iron frame in the order.
