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tea made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water
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used for wepons
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Chinese invented a technique called woodblock
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The Chinese first made steel, a very useful metal, steel is made
from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes. -
a Chinese engineer completed a new
type of arched bridge. In Europe, Roman-designed bridges
rested on arches that were half-circles. -
Paper The Chinese invented the art of papermaking by the second century C.E. The earliest Chinese paper was
probably made from hemp and then the bark of the mulberry tree. -
this invention is a magnetized needle that aligns itself with Earth’s
magnetic poles so that one end points north and the other
south. -
a type of fine pottery
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the Chinese adapted this idea by arranging a series of paddles in a wheel.
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The new clock was more accurate than earlier timekeeping devices, such as sundials and hourglasses.
