Chinese inventions

  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    Chinese history

  • paper
    500

    paper

    Chinese paper was probably made from hemp and then the bark of the mulberry tree. Later, the Chinese used rags.
  • gun powder
    850

    gun powder

    gunpowder was accidentally made by alchemists who were trying to find secret of eternal life
  • Porcelain
    900

    Porcelain

    Another Chinese invention is a type of fine pottery called porcelain.