Chinese Inventions

By Ava.Bradley
  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    Chinese History

  • 250 BCE

    The Compass

    The Compass
    The compass was created by using lodestone. Eventually the Chiense took the compass and upgraded it.
  • 200 BCE

    Steel

    Steel
    Steel is made from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes.
  • 50

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Another type of pottery. Porcelain is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar. The mixture is baked in a kiln, or pottery oven, at very high temperatures.
  • 350

    Paper

    Paper
    The Chinese invented the art of papermaking.
  • 618

    Bridges

    Bridges
    The Chinese found ways to improve bridges. They found ways to arch bridges.
  • 650

    Printing

    Printing
    The printer first drew characters (symbols) on
    paper. He then glued the paper to a wooden block. When
    the glue was dry, the printer carved out the wood around
    the characters, leaving the characters raised on the wood.
  • 750

    Tea

    Tea
    They let tea leaves sit in boiling water. Was mainly popular by the 8th century.
  • 850

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    Chinese alchemist accidently discover when looking for secret to enternal life.
  • 1300

    Rockets

    Rockets
    Rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.