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Chinese inventions

  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    Chinese History

  • Compass
    250 BCE

    Compass

    The Chinese made the original compass so that if they got lost they could navigate through places if they needed to
  • Steel
    200 BCE

    Steel

    A very useful metal the Chinese found that iron can create steel and steel is a lot stronger than iron
  • Porcelain
    50

    Porcelain

    Porcelain is kinda like China in which you can make plates and cups and things like that
  • Printing Press
    650

    Printing Press

    This invention is used to print writing characters onto paper in order to make things permanent on paper
  • Tea
    750

    Tea

    People drank tea for a while for medical uses however the Chinese started drinking on a regular basis and therefore tea spread throughout the world
  • Gunpowder
    850

    Gunpowder

    A powder that when exposed to a flame explodes. This item is used in guns and canons. However they were first used for fireworks because they were believed to scare away the bad spirits of the night.
  • Card Games
    850

    Card Games

    The Chinese creators of card games used thick paper and used artists to draw the designs on the back of cards today card games are played throughout the world
  • Paper Money
    890

    Paper Money

    Ancient Chinese money was mainly coins until the Song printers started printing out paper money to use for trade because it was worth less to make than coins
  • Rockets
    1300

    Rockets

    The Chinese created rockets during the Song dynasty. At first rockets were only used as fireworks, but then they started using them as weapons