Chinese discoveries

  • Period: 150 to Feb 12, 1400

    CE

  • Travel/Exploration Improving ship construction
    200

    Travel/Exploration Improving ship construction

    In the second centuray builders made ships safer by making ships with air water tight compartments.
  • Exploration/Travel: compass
    300

    Exploration/Travel: compass

    The compass was made to origanyaly help make building but then someone took it on a ship and improved sailing
  • Exploration and trave: Paddlewheel boat
    500

    Exploration and trave: Paddlewheel boat

    The paddlewheel boat was invented to help people get across rivers or lakes fater without taking bridges, people would run on treadmills moving the boat.
  • Industry: Printing
    Feb 17, 700

    Industry: Printing

    The invention of paper started the idea of printing, making it easyier to copy books using wooden blocks with letters on them.
  • Industry: Tea
    Feb 17, 800

    Industry: Tea

    Tea is a hot beverage made from boiling leaves in water that is still popular today in some cultures
  • military: gun powder
    Feb 12, 850

    military: gun powder

    Gun powder was acidentally invented by alchemists trying to find the cure to a longer life. Gun powder was used for weapons like flamethrowers or artilarry shells.
  • Military: Game cards
    Feb 17, 900

    Military: Game cards

    wood block printers were used to copy the cards on thick paper and artists drew there designs on the back of the cards.
  • Industry: Movable type
    Feb 17, 1100

    Industry: Movable type

    Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document
  • Military: Rocket technolgy

    Military: Rocket technolgy

    Rockets were invented in china during the song dynasty. The rockets were powerd by saltpeter, charcoal and sulfer. At first rockets were only used as fire works but then later used as weapons