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Period: 150 to Feb 12, 1400
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200
Travel/Exploration Improving ship construction
In the second centuray builders made ships safer by making ships with air water tight compartments. -
300
Exploration/Travel: compass
The compass was made to origanyaly help make building but then someone took it on a ship and improved sailing -
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. -
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. -
Feb 17, 800
Industry: Tea
Tea is a hot beverage made from boiling leaves in water that is still popular today in some cultures -
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. -
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. -
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
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
