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The Chinese first made steel, a very useful metal, before 200 B.C.E. Steel is made from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes.
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The magnetic compass was made for people who were lost to find there way
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. For severalthousand years, tea—made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water—was drunk mostly as medicine. However, by the 8th century C.E., tea had become a hugely popular everyday beverage throughout China.
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The Chinese developed the first mechanical clock in about the 8th century. The new clock was more accurate than earlier timekeeping devices, such as sundials and hourglasses.
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Althamics accedently invented Gunpowder when experimenting with salpeter trying to find a substence that will allow us to live forever
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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.
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Another Chinese invention is a type of fine pottery called porcelain. Somehistorians think that the Chinese produced the first porcelain as early as the 1st century C.E, but was perfected in 1100
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Rocket technology was developed in China during the Song dynasty. Rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.
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Game cards were invented in China in about the 9th century. Printers used woodblock printing to make the cards from thick paper.
