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Gunpowder was inserted into a handgun.
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Firearms are used in Europe's early modern warfare.
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An enterprising alchemist was mixing ingrediants to find an elixir to make the emperor immortal, and when the mixture was exposed to flames, it exploded. The mixture consisted of sulphur, saltpeter and charcoal.
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850 AD, the Chinese population began using gunpowder to put on brilliant firework displays.
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Song Dynasty military forces, used gunpowder devices against their enemy, the Mongols.
