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Andrade really help put these inventions into perspective with a chronological timeline he provided in his book. The book “The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History” has four parts that presented the development of gunpowder and weapons. In part one of

Wood block printing is a technique that was originally chinese and then in the Edo period (1603-1867) was widely adopted by japan.

New Technology in China In China during the Tang and Song dynasties, China used wood as their main source of heat for their homes, and heat to cook their food. This method of heat worked well, but later on, problems started to form. The problem was that wood was becoming scarce in China at the time. However, new discoveries and inventions helped to solve this problem. The discovery of coal was the most important invention that helped improve China's society. Coal was used so much that a coal mining industry developed. Once the industry developed, this helped society by creating new jobs for the people in China. This was not the only way that improved China's society. Coal also helped strengthen China's army. When the carbon made from coal mixed

This makes the Tang Dynasty very influential in the world all the way up to the present. This also helped indirectly with whatever use that invention was given. For example paper and woodblock printing greatly reinvented education by giving everyone the tools necessary to write on, which is the only way that people communicated over a longer period of time. This also helped the Chinese to keep very detailed records, which greatly helped historians of today. Meanwhile gunpowder, while it was invented in the Tang Dynasty, it was only put into use for warfare in the Song Dynasty, and in the Tang it was only used for fireworks and

Gunpowder is believed to be originated in China, dating back to as early as 142 AD. A man by the name of Wei Boyang writes a substance with the properties of gunpowder, created by alchemist, mixing 3 powders said to be “explosive” in today’s terms. Scientists cannot be certain than this was actual gun powder he wrote of, but no other explosive know is made of only 3 powders. Over the next 700 years references are made to this Chinese gunpowder until finally in the 800’s AD the first confirmed references and formulas using a variety of different proportions of key ingredients - saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal to make the explosive occurred. The Chinese used the powder in military for multiple types of bombs and projectiles much like modern day

Out of all the major Chinese inventions, which could possibly be the most important? There was paper, printing press, kites, gunpowder, and compasses and one has affected us the most. Compasses were made to help sailors go farther from land which lead to the discovery of different countries and helped trade develop. In the third century scientists studied magnetism and learned magnetite aligned itself it the North/South position. The compass is still used today, but we also have other ways to know where we are going.

What was the most important Chineses invention? There were many inventions by the Chinese like the compass which we still use today and also stuff like gunpowder. But which one stood out the most? In my opinion the gunpowder and compass were the best but out of the two of them the compass stands out the most because it has help save many people's life,were as gunpowder can hurt people if you use it in the wrong way.The main reason why the compass is better than gunpowder is because we still use it in are modern day,not saying we don't use gunpowder a lot any more it's that there have been newer inventions like chemicals.In the artical “What is better gunpowder or compass” It states that “There are many good and bad things about compass and

Gutenberg built upon the success of others. China and Japan printed with engraved wooden blocks as early as the eighth and ninth centuries, with movable type invented in the eleventh century. By the fourteenth century, Europe used the same techniques. The Encyclopedia Britannica explains his merging of ideas: “Johannes Gutenberg is generally credited with… the invention of modern printing: the use of dies to make individual pieces of type that could be assembled as required and then reused, and the use of a press by which sharp impressions could be made many times over, on both sides of a sheet of paper

Another good that was created in China was gunpowder. This product, although it has been modified, is still used today. The earliest form: a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, was used in the earliest forms of firearms. One example of its use is when the Mongols used weapons with gunpowder to aid their conquests in the West. The new weapons proved to be very useful against the il-equipped Europeans and Arabians. Also, firearms became a major export good for Europe. Gunpowder changed the way that people fought wars. Following the discovery of steel, Europeans were able to create weapons such as cannons and guns themselves. Because of the spread of gunpowder, many inventions such as fireworks, guns, and hand grenades have since been

Gunpowder was invented by Chinese alchemists in the 9th century. At first it was made by mixing sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter, which is potassium nitrate. The charcoal normally came from willow trees, but other plants were used as well.

Gunpowder was first invented in ancient China. The Chinese accidentally invented gunpowder while trying to make an elixir for immortality. Unknown by the Chinese at the time, this accident would make major history. The Chinese mixed charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter to create gunpowder. After this accident, the Chinese used gunpowder to launch fireworks and other non-lethal objects. This accidental invention helped the Chinese because before the invention they just tried to outsmart the

1) Gunpowder: The first gunpowder was created by alchemists in ancient China after discovering the quick ignition of sulfur and niter.Gunpowder soon became a key tool in many of the other militaries in the world. The Chinese grew in their ability to make newer and more sophisticated weapons using the gunpowder.

Gunpowder was first used in China but it is unknown where it was created. It was original used in fireworks but when they started selling it Europe. In Europe is where the first gun was made. It was a really simple design, it was called “The Hand Cannon” because it was the same as a cannon. The default is that it was heavy and hard to aim. Then later they created the musket that had a little hammer that would strike some flint and the gunpowder would ignite. After that guns really just took off.

Did you know printing goes back to 600 A.D When a Chinese Emperor wanted to send a scroll. Woodblock Printing was wood carved into certain letters or words. Ink was put on the wood and paper was pressed extremely hard. Woodblock Printing is the absolute best invention, even though it was a lot of money, hard to correct errors, and hard to store it could be made into books, which could show and tell people about the life in china.

Early man’s ability to make, control, and manipulate fire was a landmark catalyst in the development of the human species. Fire gave man crucial tools to aid survival, improving quality of life as well as lengthening the average lifespan (McKenna). Aside from the intermediate and tangible improvements fire brought to the lives of the early man, it also was key in cultural development; it gave early groups another skill by which distinguish members, and also helped facilitate the creation and spread of spoken language (McKenna). Considering all that fire contributed to the lives of the earliest humans, it may very well be the most important innovation in the history of man. Controlled fire may very well be the most important innovation in history, but there are many more inventions that benefited humans and society. Paul Ranter, a writer and filmmaker expresses how paper, which was invented around 100 B.C. in China, has been indispensable in allowing people to write down and share ideas then and now. Adding on to this topic, the wheel is one of the world's greatest inventions. It was very helpful for moving heavy objects and helped the Mesopotamian advance in transportation. Without this invention, we would not be nearly as advanced as we are today in the automobile or transportation industries. The Sumerians were the first to make this wheel. It benefited them because for a short period of time they were the only society with a wheel. They took advantage of this and used it against other civilizations that didn't have access to the wheel to conquer new lands and territories (“The Wheel”). This is one reason why the wheel was one of the of best inventions ever made. It provided advancements for societies in ancient civilizations and continues to do the same for societies today. There is also electricity that is also one of the biggest and most important inventions in