Hum 111 Ancient Chinese Contributions

Hum 111

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(1) Identify eight to ten of these useful inventions or contributions.

(2) Nominate four that you believe are the most ingenious or innovative.

(3) Explain why you believe these four inventions or contributions are the most useful inventions or contributions from the ancient Chinese.

(4) Identify one invention or contribution that you cannot live without and explain why.

The Ancient Chinese Contributions

(1) Gunpowder

One of the inventions created by Ancient China gunpowder as early first century and was used at that time to make medicine for perpetual rejuvenation. Black gunpowder was not invented till the end of the ninth century and was first used to make fireworks, and later the lighting of fireworks became a Chinese tradition to...