Chinese History

  • movable type
    14,000 BCE

    movable type

    in 111 century during the song dynasty the Chinese invented movable typing (Europeans developed movable typing independently in the 1400s
  • 1200 BCE

    rocket technology

    rocket technology was develop in china during the song dynasty. rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal,and sulfur. At first rockets were used only in fireworks. later the rockets through the air. the second stage dropped arrows down on the enemy.
  • game  card and paper money
    900 BCE

    game card and paper money

    game cards were invented in china in about the 9 century. printers used woodblock printing to make the cards from thick paper. famous artist drew the designs.
  • gunpowder
    850 BCE

    gunpowder

    Chinese alchemists accidentally discovered gunpowder when trying to find a substance that would allow humans to live forever.
  • mechanical clock
    800 BCE

    mechanical clock

    The Chinese developed the first mechanical clock in about the 8th century. the new clock was more accurate than earlier timekeeping
  • Chinese compass
    300 BCE

    Chinese compass

    the first Chinese compass were pieces of magnetic mineral called lodestone
  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    Chinese History

  • steel
    200 BCE

    steel

    The Chinese first made steel, very useful metal before 200 brittle into made from iron, but it is less brittle then iron and easier to bend into different shapes
  • 101 BCE

    paper

    The Chinese invented the art of papermaking by the second century the earliest chinese paper was proably made from hemp and then the bark of the mulberry tree later the chinese used rags.
  • pocelain
    101 BCE

    pocelain

    Anther Chinese invention is a type of fine pottery called porcelain. Some historians think the Chinese produced the first porcelain as early as the 1st century ce