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Key Chinese Inventions Explained

The document discusses several significant Chinese inventions, including Movable Type, which was created in 1041 to facilitate book production, and the use of paper money as a solution to bulky coins. It also highlights the accidental discovery of gunpowder, leading to advancements in weaponry and fireworks, and the development of porcelain, a valuable ceramic material. Additionally, the magnetic compass was introduced in the 1100s, improving navigation for trade voyages.

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Key Chinese Inventions Explained

The document discusses several significant Chinese inventions, including Movable Type, which was created in 1041 to facilitate book production, and the use of paper money as a solution to bulky coins. It also highlights the accidental discovery of gunpowder, leading to advancements in weaponry and fireworks, and the development of porcelain, a valuable ceramic material. Additionally, the magnetic compass was introduced in the 1100s, improving navigation for trade voyages.

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Made By Jacky Movable Type

Tran and Jayden


Tam Movable Type was
invented in 1041 to
make painting easier
and cheaper. The
Block Printing chinese carved Paper Money
individual characters
rinto pieces of wood
After 500 years of the or clay and stamp China's big popularity
paper invention they created a large
created a way to make demand of coins. The
books a lot easier. This coins were too bulky
so merchants used
method was created by
paper notes as IOUs.
using a wood carved with a
The money stayed in a
text. The block is then
bank but the money
covered in ink so when you was owned by the
press on a paper it goes person with the note.

Chinese
onto the paper.

Gunpowder
inventions
Magnetic Compass
Gunpower was an
accidental discovery Porcelain In the 1100s, the
by Chinese
alchemists. The
Chinese began to use
discovery led to the Porcelain was strong, light, and compasses for
development of almost ceramic pottery navigation. This made
cannons, guns, and invented by the Chinese. The
fireworks. sailing easier and long
formula for porcelain was a
journeys for trade
secret and required secret
technique. Porcelain was possible.
considered incredibly rare and
precious.

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