Chinese inventions

  • Tea
    2700 BCE

    Tea

    Tea was made from tea leaves steep in boiling water and it was mainly used for medicene
  • paper money
    740 BCE

    paper money

    They were the fist to invent paper money
  • compass
    650 BCE

    compass

    They made compasses for better travel at sea, at first compasses were made out of magnetic mineral called lodestone
  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    chinese history

  • Steel
    200 BCE

    Steel

    The chinese first made steel as a very useful metal which was made from iron but it is a little less brittle so it is easier to bend
  • porcelain
    50

    porcelain

    This is a type of pottery which was made by combining clay with minerals such as quartz and feldspar
  • Paper
    200

    Paper

    chinese paper was made from hemp and the bark from a mulberry tree and later the chinese used rags
  • printing
    650

    printing

    the printer first invented symbols on paper which were later glued onto wooden blocks
  • mechanical clock
    750

    mechanical clock

    The clock was more accurate then there earlier time keeping devices and they used dripping water to move it
  • Gunpowder
    850

    Gunpowder

    Acciendentally found while trying to find the secret of eternal life