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There were a large number of inventions in Sung Dynasty (Song Dynasty) of Chinese history. As everyone knows, three of four great inventions of ancient China were born in Sung Dynasty; they are compass, gunpowder and typography. These ...

China is the first country that used the gunpowder weapon in the world. Chinese army had already equipped gunpowder weapon formally in Sung Dynasty. Chinese had invented a lot of firearms with the development of gunpowder technology. The firearm ...

As everyone knows, there is no perpetual motion machine in this world. But ancient Chinese had invented a kind of machine, or rather, invented a toy. The toy was named as "Drinking Bird". It's one of magical China inventions. ...

Everybody knows there are four great inventions in ancient China. The value of four great inventions is generally acknowledged by the world. However, maybe you don't know: there are hundreds of kinds of inventions in the ancient China, and ...

Zhu Ge Liang (A.D.181 - A.D.234) Zhu Ge Liang has another name "Kong Ming". Zhu Ge Liang is a remarkable politician, strategist, diplomat, astrologer and inventor in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Zhu Ge Liang is a prime minister of Shu Kingdom. He is well-read ...

Compass, gunpowder, papermaking skill and typography, is China ancient four inventions, it is one of the signs that China become to the ancient civilized country, occupy the important position in the history of human civilization. 1. Compass ...