successful culture that created many inventions and contributed to the advancement of not only the Chinese civilization but also to the civilization of the world. In the history of the world there has been many important inventions‚ Ancient Chinese were great inventors. This essay will point out some of the great inventions that Chinese culture introduced to the world. The impact that these inventions have made in our day to day lives and how without these inventions the world would have not enhanced
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Responsibility of Inventions Inventions have shaped the growth of civilization since the beginning of time‚ but can an invention actually do more harm than good? Who is at fault? Should those who came up with the ideas be to blame? In answer to the first question‚ yes. Take gunpowder as an example; gunpowder was first used in China for entertainment‚ such as fireworks (Pyro universe‚ History of fireworks). However‚ when the invention went into the wrong hands‚ it became a weapon‚ which made it
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is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions. The splendor and innovation enjoyed by the ancient Chinese have become legendary. The ten most useful contributions that the ancient Chinese made in our contemporary society were: paper money‚ kites‚ iron and bronze‚ gunpowder‚ printing press‚ umbrellas‚ clocks‚ compasses‚ porcelain‚ and alcohol (Yinke‚ 2009). However‚ out of those ten‚ the four most significant innovations are paper money‚ gunpowder‚ printing press‚ and clocks. The Chinese
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Technology plays a huge role in society in the present world‚ and it’s gotten this way through everything that has been invented with things such as the printing press or gunpowder. They bring very big changes to the way people live their lives in the world‚ and makes it easier to live. Both the printing press and gunpowder were huge steps in the world of technology. In Europe during the medieval times‚ everything had to be written by hand without a choice of being able to type. At this time
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example‚ Buddhism started in India‚ but spread to China‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ and other regions as well. Middle China started around 618 A.D. at the establishment of the Tang dynasty. The Tang dynasty brought the golden age to China‚ and facilitated the inventions and innovations of many things. Buddhism was
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Third great Chinese invention is gunpowder. Everything from Guy Fawke’s night fireworks to modern artillery shells owes their origin to this. Ancient necromancers searching for the elixir of everlasting life on behalf of the Emperor discovered that mixtures of certain fuels and ores could‚ if mixed in the right proportions and heated‚ produce an explosion. This led in time to the discovery of gunpowder. In 1044 Zeng Gongliang wrote “The Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques”‚ and in
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the hackbut. Those who shot this weapon were known as harquebusiers. The harquebus was the first light weight firearm‚ weighing 5 kilos and a barrel a meter long‚ extremely small for the time. Remember‚ this is in comparison to anything that used gunpowder‚ for example‚ a cannon. The other amazing aspect of the harquebus is that it could be operated by only one soldier. The firearm came with a post‚ or wooden stand. A harquebusier would load a 15-gram lead ball into the harquebus was “cocked” by a
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other cultures. One culture in particular that has had an effect on many Americans is the Chinese culture. China’s long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge‚ most noticeably gunpowder‚ paper making‚ compass‚ and silk. Few substances in history have had as profound an effect on human history as gunpowder... and its discovery was an accident! Ancient alchemists in China spent centuries trying to discover an elixir of life that would render the user immortal. One
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tomb (who died around 200 BC) the 2‚300-year-old invention called acupuncture is
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changed the landscape irrevocably‚ would be the introduction of gunpowder weapons in Europe. The adoption of gunpowder weapons in essence forced every country that wanted a chance in war‚ to adopt the same technology. Innovation in military technology is more adaptive than civilian innovation. A clear example can be seen with European inventors having a decisive edge over Incan‚ Aztec‚ and Asian foes‚ then the world following with Gunpowder weapons and century methods of war being suddenly outdated.
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