2007-05-13 14:17:53 · 21 answers · asked by Tara S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
There are several inventions that the Chinese developed.
1. The compass - about 221 - 206 BC
2. Gunpowder - perfected in the 8th century
3. Kites - 4th or 5th Century BC
4. A siesmascope (seismagraph) - Chang Heng 132 AD
5. Paper Money - 10th century
6. Wheelbarrow - 1st century BC
7. Horse Collar - 3rd centruy BC
8. Plow - 3rd century BC brought to Europe 17th century
9. Cast Iron - 4th century BC
10. The Helicoptor Rotor - 4th Century
11. Matches - 577
There are several more including multi-stage rockets, chopsticks, theyre even awarded the invention of paper even though papyrus cam first and it was made from a plant but it isnt made in the same way we make paper today. Chinese were the first to make paper by layering fragments together. There are several areas that they were technologically superior in the past but as for recent inventions the numbers drastically decline.
2007-05-13 14:54:23 · answer #1 · answered by Pundit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Playing Cards - in the 10th Century,
Saddle - around 200 BC,
Toothbrush - 1498,
Wheelbarrow - 1st Century BC
2007-05-13 15:14:39 · answer #2 · answered by sk8victum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost everything that U.S uses is from China. From Cloth Irons to Sony Erricson phones to Laptops to Speakers, to Cameras, and almost everything else.
2007-05-13 16:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by Sid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noodles. Fireworks, gunpowder, and much,much more. I think the Chinese were the first to invent bureaucracy.
2007-05-13 16:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by merrybodner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fireworks, Kung Fu, Acupuncture.
2007-05-13 14:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by Mo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pizza
how crazy is that
it wasnt the italians
the italians just made it better and fancified it, but the chinese did invent pizza
2007-05-13 14:25:13 · answer #6 · answered by kublobla123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gunpowder
chopsticks
fireworks
ice cream
paper
pizza
toilet paper
acupunture
herbal medicine
tea
kung-fu
and almost everything else that says "made in china" on the bottom of it
2007-05-13 14:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by lucky2a2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, paper money, gunpowder, body armor, noodles
2007-05-13 16:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paper money.
2007-05-13 14:44:41 · answer #9 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dim sum
magnetic bumper strips that read "support the troops"
2007-05-13 14:50:02 · answer #10 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋