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Chinese History

By matt e
  • 100

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Porcelain is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar.
  • 150

    steel

    steel
    The Chinese first made steel, a very useful metal, before 200 B.C.E. Steel is made from iron, but it is less brittle than iron and easier to bend into different shapes.
  • 200

    Paper

    Paper
    It was made of very thin bamboo.
  • Period: 200 to Feb 12, 1400

    CE

  • 220

    Noodles

    Noodles
    It is thin wheat/dough that is boiled in water
  • Feb 12, 800

    Clock

    Clock
    The new clock was more accurate than earlier timekeeping devices, such as sundials and hourglasses. The Chinese devised a wheel that made one complete turn every 24 hours. Dripping water made the wheel turn.
  • Feb 12, 850

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    Acmillis discovered gunpodwer when trying to find out how to get eternal life.
  • Feb 12, 900

    Game Card

    Game Card
    Printers used woodblock printing to make the cards from thick paper.
  • Feb 12, 1200

    tea

    tea
    Dutch traders brought seeds from Japan and China to their colonies in Indonesia.
  • Feb 12, 1300

    rockets

    rockets
    Rockets were powered by a black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur. At first, rockets were used only in fireworks. Later, the Chinese used them as weapons.