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Ancient Chinese Inventions
Kites were invented in China,where materials ideal for kite building were readily available...
The magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination as early as the Chinese Han Dynasty...
The invention of the crossbow caused a major shift in the role of ranged weaponryamong armies...
Their inventions
Paper, and the pulp papermaking process, was said to be developed in China during the early 2nd century AD...
Gunpowder was, according to prevailing academic consensus, invented in the 9th century in China...
In all written records, the oldest reference to a collapsible umbrella dates to the year 21 A.D., when Wang Mang designed one for a ceremonial four-wheeled carriage...
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