Ancient Chinese Timeline

By Zane Miller
  • Writing
    1600 BCE

    Writing

    The first writing on oracle bones
  • Bamboo Sticks/Books
    1600 BCE

    Bamboo Sticks/Books

    first books were made on bamboo sticks
  • Wheel Barrow
    265 BCE

    Wheel Barrow

    The Wheel Barrow enabled a ssingle person to carry a heavy lpoad and was called "the wooden ox" in Chinese
  • Magnetic Compass
    100

    Magnetic Compass

    The first magnetic compass was mad in ancient China
  • Paper Making
    105

    Paper Making

  • Seismograph
    130

    Seismograph

    Measuring Earthquakes (Seismograph)
  • Gunpowder
    900

    Gunpowder

    First used for fireworks and was invented 900 AD
  • Acupuncture
    1026

    Acupuncture

    Needle points in the human body
  • 1100

    Paper Money