Chinese Inventions

  • Period: 150 to Feb 17, 1400

    CE

  • Industry: Paper making
    200

    Industry: Paper making

    Papermaking became an important industry in China, some of the easliest Chinese paper was probably made from hemp and then soon they made it from the bark of mulberry trees. Later, they used rags. They were the only ones who knew the secret to papermaking but then finally traveled to other countries.
  • Industry: Steel
    200

    Industry: Steel

    Steel was a very useful metal . It is made of iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes. They were the first to learn how to make steel, by melting and molding iron ore. Later they learned that blowing into melted iron causes a chemical reaction which created steel.
  • Industry: Tea
    Feb 18, 800

    Industry: Tea

    Tea drinking wasn't always just used for enjoying, it was mostly used as medicine. Tea was made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water. During the Tang Dynasty, the first tea-plant seeds were brought to Japan. They started to trade and farm the tea which made the tea spread around the world and become very popular.
  • everyday objects: Mechanical clocks
    Feb 18, 800

    everyday objects: Mechanical clocks

    to make these clocks work they used dripping water which made the wheel turn that made the wheel turn every 24 hours. Every quarter hour drums would beat and every hour bells would chime.
  • Military:Gunpowder
    Feb 17, 850

    Military:Gunpowder

    Alchemists accidentally discovered gunpowder when working with salpeter trying to find secret to eternal life.
  • Military: Saltpeter
    Feb 17, 850

    Military: Saltpeter

    When they first found saltpeter, they may have believed that saltpeter could extend life. They soon discovered that it could be used to make an explosive powder.
  • everyday objects: paper money
    Feb 18, 900

    everyday objects: paper money

    Before paper money, coins were the only type of paying worth. Paper money was developed from wooden blocks but by 1107, song printers were used to make each paper bill using lots of color.
  • everyday objects: game cards
    Feb 18, 900

    everyday objects: game cards

    To make game cards you would have to use wood block printers using thick paper. Then they would have famous artists draw the designs on the back of the cards. From then on now game gards are very popular.
  • Military: Rocket tecknology
    Feb 17, 1300

    Military: Rocket tecknology

    Rockets were developed in China during the Song dynasty, which were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.