Chinese Timeline

By Gianna.DePasqule
  • 221 BCE

    Basket

    Basket
    two baskets balance to carry heavy things
  • 221

    First emporer

    First emporer
    Qin kingdom defeated the other states
  • 250

    First compass

    First compass
    The Chinese developed the first compass as early as the 3rd century B.C.E.
  • 850

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    Chinese alchemists accidentaly found gunpowder when trying to find a substance to make humans immortal
  • 850

    printing

    printing
    blocks of wood were used for printing
  • 950

    Teasel root

    Teasel root
    soothing pain ointment
  • 950

    pottery

    pottery
    china is famous for there pottery.
  • 1100

    paper

    paper
    They cut down bamboo soake it in water. The screen is dipped in pulp and then the paper is pressed nd dried.

  • Terracotta army

    Terracotta army
    more than 7,500 life size worriors horse and officers. date dug up

  • Chineses writing

    Chineses writing
    chineses writing is based on the sighn not the sound