China's contribution to the modern world

Strayer University

China. Here I come! I will win this contest by writing an essay in which I will determine the four most useful contributions or inventions created by the ancient Chinese. Of the ten useful inventions or contributions, I will nominate four that I believe are the most ingenious or innovative. My explanation of why I believe the four invention or contributions are the most useful will lead to one invention or contribution that I cannot live without.

China's contribution to the modern world

Ironically enough, it was Chinese siege engine technology that the Mongols captured that enabled Genghis Khan and his sons to conquer China. If not for China's invention of alcohol, the Mongols might have continued to...