Chinese Discoveries & Invention

  • Period: 3000 BCE to Dec 31, 1400

    3000 BCE to 1400 CE

  • TEA
    2700 BCE

    TEA

    Tea is made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water. It was also drunk mostly as a medicine. Tea has been being drunk for thousands of years. INDUSTRY
  • PAPER
    100

    PAPER

    Invented by the second century C.E, the art of papermaking was an art. This was made from hemp and then the bark of a mulberry tree. INDUSTRY
  • PRINTING
    Feb 15, 600

    PRINTING

    The invention of paper, really influenced the invention of printing. Then printing made woodblock printing. This thing first drew characters (symbols) on paper. INDUSTRY
  • PAPER MONEY
    Feb 15, 750

    PAPER MONEY

    Paper money was invented by the Chinese in the late 8th or early 9th century. They were printed with woodblocks, just like game cards. A single bill has many colors. EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • MECHANICAL CLOCK
    Feb 15, 750

    MECHANICAL CLOCK

    The new clock was more accurate than earlier devices that were made for the same purpose, such as sundials and hourglasses. The Chinese made a wheel that made the clocks in 24 hours. EVERYDAY OBJECTS
  • GUNPOWDER
    Feb 13, 850

    GUNPOWDER

    Chinese alchemists accidentally discovered when they were working with finding the culture for death. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
  • GAME CARDS
    Feb 14, 850

    GAME CARDS

    Printers used woodblock printing to make the cards from thick paper. Then famous artists made designs for each of the cards. EVERYDAY EVENTS
  • ARTILLERY SHELLS
    Feb 14, 1250

    ARTILLERY SHELLS

    Based off of gunpowder, the Chinese made this as a more powerful weapon. They explode after being hurled at enemies by a war machine called a catapult. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
  • ROCKET TECHNOLOGY
    Feb 14, 1300

    ROCKET TECHNOLOGY

    Rocket Technology was developed during the Song Dynasty, which they were then just used as fireworks. The later they were developed as two-stage rockets for the army. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY