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2732 BCE
Tea
Emperor Shen Nung discovered tea when leaves from a wild tree blew into his pot of boiling water. He was immediately interested in the pleasant scent of the resulting brew and drank some. (www.coffeeteawarehouse.com/tea-history.html) -
1298 BCE
Movable Type
In 1298, the movable type printer was re-invented by the Wang Zen, during Yuan dynasty. (http://sumo.ly/CeiQ via @anchistorylists) -
725 BCE
Clock
Mechanical Clock. One of the greatest inventions of the medieval world was the mechanical clock, developed in China. Yi Xing, a Buddhist monk and mathematician, made the first model of a mechanical clock in C.E. 725.(https://sites.google.com/site/paperscroll/celebrating-chinese-ingenuity/mechanical-clock) -
550 BCE
The kite
The kite first was seen in ancient China in 550 AC. The Chinese used the kite to testing wind, measuring distance, and for the mililtary. -
300 BCE
Silk
Chinese legend says, Lady Hsi-Ling-Shih she is credited with the introduction of silkworm rearing and the invention of the loom. 300 CE (www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml) -
Period: 300 BCE to 1400
Chinese History
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206 BCE
compass
The magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination as early as the Chinese Han Dynasty (since about 206 BC) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_compass) -
200 BCE
The Drill Seed
The Chinese invented a multi-tube seed driller machine for larger populations, however, this product with a single tube was first produced in Mesopotamia. -
105 BCE
Paper Making
Papermaking is one of the inventions by Chinese. the invention of paper was reported to the Eastern Han Emperor Ho-di by Ts'ai Lun, an official of the Imperial Court. -
850
Gunpowder
Gunpowder was accidentally invented by alchemist who were trying to find the secret of eternal life.
