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Various prototypes of the compass popped up
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After lasting for more than 400 years, the Han Dynasty falls.
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China is ruled by an ever changing collection of regional kingdoms and the spreading of Buddhism and cultural exchange between India and China increase for around 350 years.
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Southern Asian developments and culture begin to have significant impact on China.
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True porcelain was developed sometime before 400 in China.
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The Sui dynasty reunited the empire.
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Southern China was well on its way to becoming the most prosperous and commercial part of the empire.
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The completion of the construction of the Grand Canal during the Sui dynasty.
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Southernization continues and true porcelain was traded and monopolized until the early 1700s
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An Indian monk identified soils in China that contained saltpeter and demonstrated the purple flame that results from its ignition
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Printing developed within the walls of Buddhist monasteries
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The invention of gunpowder by Daoist alchemists.
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The start of flaming arrows, rockets, and bombs being used.
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As early as 919, gunpowder was used as an igniter in flamethrower.
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In the Song dynasty, southernization continues. Examples of this include developed cotton canvas for a more efficient sail
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Emperor Cheng-tsung starts the harvest of Champa rice, which helps the population in China grow tremendously.
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The earliest evidence of a cannon or bombard in Sichuan.
