There are many great inventions in ancient China,such as paper, gunpowder and kites. The firstversion of paper was created in the Xi Han Dynasty but it wasn't widely used because it was too hard towrite on. So Cai Lun improved the method of making it. He made paper from bark, hemp...
根据第一段"A group of Taoists were trying to create a medicine that would make people live forever.Instead,they invented gunpowder (火药) by accident.From then on,it was always used for fireworks."(一群道士正尝试创造一种能让人们长生不老的药物。相反,他们偶然地发明了火药。...
The Four Great Inventions, which originated in China, also helped set the stage for the Renaissance to occur, and usher in the Age of Sail after they were relayed to Europe. As Francis Bacon, a British philosopher, has observed, "Printing, gunpowder and the compass ... whence have followed...
There were two main reasons for this: in the first place, modern China in spite of its age-old history was like the broken pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, each piece controlled by a different ruler, each with his own private army. In modern terms China was a country but not yet a nation,...
The Yellow River also witnessed the birth of the four era-defining inventions in ancient China -- printing techniques, papermaking, gunpowder and the compass, which all emerged in the drainage basin. Ironworks discovered in the region show the technologies of softening cast iron in China came 2...
In fact, China has had a significant say in the history of the world. Sinologists tend to agree that four great inventions – namely paper, printing, gunpowder and the compass – made their way from China to Europe via the famous Silk Road. As impressive as this sounds, it’s still a...
3In fact, China has had an important say in the history of the world. It’s agreed that four great inventions — namely paper-making, printing, gunpowder and the compass — made their way from China to Europe via the famous Silk Road. To really understand the contribution of this part ...
During the Timurid period, and the Mughal period that followed, Afghans gained renown for their fighting ability. But it was around 1700 the Afghan warrior finally came into his own with the development of firearms, gunpowder having provided a solution to the long, terrifying reign of nomadic ...
It is said that there was a beast (野兽)named Nian in ancient China. After gunpowder was invented, it gradually replaced the bamboo joint cracker. Crackers are still set off during Spring Festival to symbolize auspiciousness(吉利). A. Watching shadow plays B. Each of them has special ...
The term Silk Road (Seidenstrassen, in German) was first coined by the German geographer, Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (1833-1905), uncle of the famous "Great War" (WWI) German fighter pilot, Manfred von Richthofen, aka the "Red Baron", in Ferdinand von Richthofen's book, "China: ...