Which country invented gunpowder?
2006-12-15 12:55:55 · 14 answers · asked by zm4125 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Gunpowder was invented in China and is considered one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China.
There is no direct record of how gunpowder came to be known in Europe. Most scholars believe that the knowledge spread west from China to the Middle East and then Europe, possibly via the Silk Road.[6][7][8] Other historians believe that gunpowder was probably discovered independently by different cultures at different times, as James Partington writes in his History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder
2006-12-15 12:59:46 · answer #1 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chinese
Taoist alchemists were some of the most important contributors to the invention of Gunpowder. However, many different groups and individuals can be named as contributors to this invention. During the reign of Emperor Wu Di (156-87 B.C.) of the Han dynasty extensive research was done on Eternal life and some of the substances used by the alchemists were sulphur and saltpeter, and as a result many fires were started. Wei Boyang was a famous alchemist that wrote a book called Book of the Kinship of the Three with enormous amount of information. By the 8th century in the mid Tang dynasty, the potentialities of sulphur and saltpeter when combined with charcoal were realized as the alchemists discovered an explosive mixture which was called huoyao or gunpowder.
2006-12-15 13:05:13 · answer #2 · answered by caley44312 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where Was Gunpowder Invented
2016-09-28 01:22:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gunpowder was invented in China and is considered one of the Four great inventions of ancient China.
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2006-12-15 20:12:45 · answer #4 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gunpowder is one of the four great inventions in ancient China along with paper, printing and the compass.
According to historic records, ancient Chinese found that the mixture of saltpeter, sulfur and carbon was explosive, which led to the invention of gunpowder sometime before the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
2006-12-15 13:06:06 · answer #5 · answered by Patrick Y 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
China
2006-12-15 13:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by King Kee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
China
2006-12-15 12:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by Jorge H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
China...sometime before Christ, i think. my Celtic ancestors were still dragging their knuckles and throwing rocks and calling fire "ouch ouch hot thing" and the Chinese were wearing eyeglasses and throwing firecrackers and living indoors and keeping books with the aid of the abacus.
2006-12-15 13:04:46 · answer #8 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joe Shemo he didnt ask for an explination he asked for a country and that country is CHINA
2006-12-15 13:01:45 · answer #9 · answered by Dave B 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
china
2006-12-15 18:01:30 · answer #10 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋