Chinese Timeline

  • Gunpowder
    904 BCE

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder was one of the most significant events in history.
  • Paper money was invented
    850 BCE

    Paper money was invented

    The Chinese invented a
    number of everyday objects people use today, including game cards, paper money, and mechanical clocks.
  • Game cards
    850 BCE

    Game cards

    The Chinese invented game cards
  • Mechanical Clock
    725 BCE

    Mechanical Clock

    The Chinese invented a
    number of everyday objects people use today, including game cards, paper money, and mechanical clocks.
  • Printing
    650 BCE

    Printing

    The invention of paper made another key
    development possible.
  • Compass
    220 BCE

    Compass

    The Chinese invented the compass so they could find out which direction they're going in.
  • They invented paper making
    150 BCE

    They invented paper making

    The Chinese invented the art of paper making by the second century C.E.
  • Porcelain
    100

    Porcelain

    Porcelain was invented as a type of poetry
  • Rockets
    1300

    Rockets

    The Chinese invented rockets to protect themselves at war.
  • Small bombs and grenades
    1350

    Small bombs and grenades

    The Chinese would throw the small bombs and grenades and they built them by hand.