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300 BCE
Compass
China made its first draft of the Compass. They used it to find Java and the Moluccas for spices -
221
Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty has fallen -
350
Fist impact
Southernization has just occured within China -
400
Porcelain
True Porcelain was found by the Tang dynasty -
Period: 581 to 1200
Sui Dynasty
Sui Dynasty supposedly reunited the empire through Southernization -
610
Grand Canal
This was made for transporting southern rice to the north -
Period: 618 to 906
Tang dynasty
Tang dynasty -
750
Printing
Printing was found throughout Buddhist temples in souther China -
919
Gun powder
An Indian monk founded saltpeter in the Chinese soils. They ended up finding gunpowder that was used to ignite a flame. -
Period: 960 to 1279
Song dynasty
Song Dynasty -
998
The emperor of China
Cheng tsung Zhenzong was concerned about the agriculture. He realized that Champa rice was an amazing crop that was resistant to drought. -
1127
Weapons
The Chinese used this gunpowder for cannons or Bombards. This was throughout southern China and the Himalayas. -
1200
Chinese population
China's population tripled to 100 million people
