Chinese history

By Charlotte.Marcellus
  • 2700 BCE

    Tea

    Tea
    Tea was created first as a medicine. However in the 8th century it became in a popular beverage. Tea is made when special leaves are put in bowling water.
  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    Chinese history

  • 250 BCE

    compasses

    compasses
    they were made in the 3rd centenary. compasses were made If you put a piece of lodestone on wood and float it in a bowl of water, the
    lodestone will turn until it points in a north-south direction.
  • 200 BCE

    Steel

    Steel
    Steel is made from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes. The earliest Chinese steel was made from cast iron. The Chinese were the first to learn how to make cast iron by melting and molding iron ore.
  • 50

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Porcelain was invented in 500. Porcelain is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar. molded and placed in a a kiln, or pottery oven, at very high temperatures. when it is finished you have a white, hard, and waterproof piece of art.
  • 130

    Rocket Technology.

    Rocket Technology.
    Rocket technology was developed in China during the Song dynasty. Rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur. At first, rockets were used only in fireworks.
  • 150

    Paper

    Paper
    Chinese invented paper making by the second century C.E. One of the first Chinese paper was probably made from hemp and then the bark of a mulberry tree. Later, the Chinese used rags. For more than 500 years the only people in the world who knew the secret to making paper.
  • 450

    paddle wheel boat

    paddle wheel boat
    A paddle wheel boat was made in the 5th centeary. they decoved it by adaptining to the way a paddle on a boat works. People walked
    on a treadmill to turn the paddlewheel, which in turn moved through the water, moving the boat forward.
  • 850

    Gun Powder

    Gun Powder
    gun Powder was accidentally invented by alchemist who were trying to find the secrete to eternal life.
  • 850

    Paper Money

    Paper Money
    Paper money was invented by the Chinese in the late 8th or early 9th century. money was printed with wood blocks. By 1107, Song printers were using multiple wood blocks to print each bill. A single bill would have many colors.