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The Chinese made tea from tea leaves and boiling water. They used tea as medicine. Lu Yu made a book on how to make tea.
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There was an entire woodblock printing industry in China. Printers turned out religious
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The Chinese made the first compass with lodestone. Earth is like a giant magnet with north and south poles.
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Porcelain is a fine type of pottery. Porcelain is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar. The Chinese were making porcelain of great beauty.
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The Chinese probably made paper by hemp and then the bark of the mulberry tree. Then Chinese used rags.
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As you push your paddle through the water, the boat moves
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The Chinese also found ways to improve bridges.
The new Chinese bridge used arches that were a smaller part, or segment, of a circle. This made the bridges broader and flatter than
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It was a very accurate clock. It had a wheel that made on complete turn are the sun. Dripping water helped the wheel to turn.
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The chines created gunpowder. The Chinese created the first weapon that used gunpowder called a flamethrower.
