Chinese inventions

By Connor.Ressler
  • 5500 BCE

    Umbrella

    Umbrella
    made to shade from sun
  • 3000 BCE

    Compass

    Compass
    they created a compass improving sea travel
  • 2100 BCE

    Alcohol

    Alcohol
    Yi Di created alcohol thinking it teaches you about history
  • 850 BCE

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    accidentally by alchemists who were looking for secret to eternal life
  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    Chinese History

  • 200 BCE

    Steel

    Steel
    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.
  • 1000

    ships

    ships
    ships with seperate watertight containers
  • 1500

    Paper

    Paper
    The earliest Chinese paper was
    probably made from hemp and then the bark of the mulberry tree.

  • tea

    tea
    tea is made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water was drunk mostly as medicine.

  • printing

    printing
    To print from the block, the printer covered the characters
    with black ink. Then he spread paper over the block and
    smoothed the paper with a brush.