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The Chinese accidentally discovered gunpowder when they were looking for the secret to eternal life
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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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nicknamed china porcelain it sturdy but, looks delicate
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Paper The Chinese invented the art of papermaking by the second century C.E. The earliest Chinese paper was
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magnetic compass, you can find your way. Your compass
is a magnetized needle that aligns itself with Earth’s
magnetic poles so that one end points north and the other
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the Chinese invented a technique called woodblock
printing. The printer first drew characters (symbols) on
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Game cards were invented in China in about the 9th century. Printers used
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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.
