Chinese Timeline

By cole.henderson
  • 1300 BCE

    Rocket Technology

    Rocket Technology
    Rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur. At first, rockets were used only in fireworks.
    Later, the Chinese used them as weapons. They even developed a two-stage rocket for their armies.
  • 850 BCE

    Gun Powder

    Gun Powder
    The Chinese who first made gunpowder were alchemists, people who practiced a blend of science and magic known as alchemy. Alchemists experimented with mixtures of natural ingredients, trying to find a substance that might allow people to live forever.
  • 850 BCE

    Game cards and paper money

    Game cards and paper money
    Printers used wood block printing to make the cards from thick paper. Famous artist drew the designs that appeared on the backs of the cards. before that time, coins were the only form of currency. Like game cards, paper money was printed with wood blocks.
  • 200 BCE

    Steel

    Steel
    The Chinese first made steel, a very useful metal, before 200 B.C.E. steel is made from iron, but is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes.
    The earliest Chinese steel was made from cast iron by melting and molding iron ore. Later they learned that blowing air into molten, or melted, cast iron causes a chemical reaction that creates steel.
  • 50 BCE

    disease prevention

    disease prevention
    The Chinese also made great strides in medicine and disease prevention. They discovered how to stop the spread of disease by using disinfectants.
  • 50

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Porcelain is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar. The mixture is baked in a kin or pottery oven at very high temperatures.
  • 150

    Paper

    Paper
    The earliest Chinese paper was probably made from hemp and then the bark of the mulberry tree. Later, the Chinese used rags.
  • 650

    printing

    printing
    The invention of paper made another key development possible
    printing. The Chinese invented a technique called woodblock printing.
  • 750

    development of mechanical clock

    development of mechanical clock
    The new clock was more accurate than earlier timekeeping devices, such as sundials and hourglasses.
  • 750

    Tea

    Tea
    For several thousand years, tea made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water was drunk mostly as medicine.