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150
Industry: Paper
For more than 500 years, the Chinese were the only people in the world who knew the secret of making paper. -
200
Industry:Steel
The Chinese were the first to learn how to make cast iron by melting and molding iron ore. -
Period: 200 to Feb 11, 1400
AD
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250
Travel:The Compass
The first chinese compasses were pieces of magnetic minerl called lodestone. -
450
Travel:Paddlewheel boat
As you pushed your paddle through the water, the boat moves forward. People walked on a treadmill to turn the paddlewheel, which in turn moved through the water, moving the boat forward. -
Apr 18, 618
Travel: The Great Stone Bridge
It was the world's first segmental arch bridge, it has a span of 123 feet. -
Jan 7, 750
Industry: Tea
For several thousand years, tea—made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water—was drunk mostly as medicine. -
Apr 14, 850
Military:Gunpowder
Alchemists experimented with mixtures of natural ingredients to find a sucstance that could make people live forever but instaed they made gunpowder on accident. -
Jun 15, 950
Military:Flamethrower
Early flamethrowers contained gunpowered mixed with oil, the chinese used them to spray enemies with a stream of fire. -
Feb 11, 1300
Military:Rocket Technology
Rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur. The rockets at first were used as fireworks then the Chinese used them as weapons.
