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Porcelain is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar. The mixture is baked in a kiln, or pottery oven, at very high temperatures.
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The Chinese who first made gunpowder were alchemists, one of there goals was to find a way to achieve internal life.
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tea had become a hugely popular everyday beverage throughout China. Tea houses had sprung
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The Chinese developed the first
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The Chinese developed the first mechanical clock in about the 8th
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Paper money was invented by the Chinese in the late 8th or early 9th century. Before that time, coins were the only
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century. Printers used woodblock printing to make the cards from thick paper.
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The earliest Chinese paper was
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the Chinese used large bombs that were as explosive as modern bombs. Around the same time, they developed weapons much like today’s rifles and cannons.
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Rocket technology was developed in China during the Song dynasty. Rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.
