Ancient Chinese Inventions

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Stephanie Thank you, I guess. But what about the fireworks? 1/9/2012
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annie b first of all, you did NOT have the information i wanted- on movable type
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3 if you want people to use this more than once, you will make it more professional looking, and get WAY more info!		 3/16/2010
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amazing there needed to b information on all the chinese inventions like:
rudder and masts for ships and seismograph and rishing reel and the hang gliding and for all the inventions there should always be dates that go along with each invention! but other wise well done website!		 4/3/2009
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sarah b. on your link you people said something about a flame thrower, but you didn't include it in the articles.could you add something about them? it comes in handy for 4th grade gifted reports! 2/24/2009
sarah bruno on your link you people said something about a flame thrower, but you didn't include it in the articles.could you add something about them? 2/24/2009
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Josh What century was the frist rocket invented, What group of people made it, What was it made out of ? 4/9/2008
Enominous Add some information about Ancient Chinese Umbrellas..
*NOTE- They come in hand for 6th grade reports.		 3/12/2008
Jessica i loved it! this thing helped me alot especially because i have a project do tommorow lol but thank yu!
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travis well i think this is special some people that have jobs and i like people that do things for people. I think is very cool for people how like to invent things 2/27/2008
giggle ;P your website is nice and all, but you need more info and or details desribing the chinese culture.it just doesnt help to all who is doing SCHOOL projects. 1/30/2008
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faith how do the ancient chinese affect the world today
 11/27/2007
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sarah good
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john now i want to know what 4 greatest invention of chinese people(paper,compass,printer,gunpowder) value is. can you help me?thank you very much 10/27/2007
limida can you help me by showing the meaning of 4 greatest invention of chinese people? 10/27/2007
Aaron "Ranging from Mathematics to Engineering and from Agriculture to Industry, these inventions have contributed to the betterment of human race."

Also, aside from the chief four inventions of the sextant, compass, gunpowder, and printing press, China's isolationist foreign policy could hardly be described to be helping humanity overall. Those are four very important inventions, but in comparison with what the West has brought China in the last 200 years, I think pales in comparison.		 9/1/2007
Aaron Engineering - Iron was being processed in Egypt at the same time. Iron's extremely abundant, and the only problem was making it into a kind of steel using available technology. I take issue with the "Chinese" making steel. Rather it was being refined from a process developed in the Lavant by the nomad tribes in China, but were far removed from current Chinese culture.

Your comment about Bessemer is infuriating because he did not invent steel. He invented a process where one could inject oxygen into iron to easily make a steel. He was an innovator, not the father of the steel age. Steel's been around for centuries as you've noted, and no one aside from you has ever given Bessemer more than his due.

Mechanical clocks MIGHT have been invented in China, but advanced mechanical computers were developed by Greece off the island of Crete. Not only that, but the greeks invented pneumatic pumps, steam engines, and complex mechanical calculators to find the (accurately mind you) the position of the sun and moon. Look up the antikythera mechanism. You may find it enlightening.

Papyrus scrolls were again developed by Egypt, so China's late to that party too.

Paper money itself is not really that cool. The fiat system is a much more complex and abstract system, but ok I'll give you that

Greek Fire was used by the Byzantine navy as early as 750 AD

Pascal still defined modern computing. Say what you will about whatever chinese guy, but it's Pascal's model we use.

We still invented the computer in the 1880s. They can have their abacus.

Now to be fair, I do respect Chinese advances such as gunpowder, compass, movable type, etc. But when you yourself as an historian disregard historical evidence to such a frightening degree, you actively destroy my history and my culture. It's your job as a historian to provide as much unbiased and (dare I say it!) well researched arguments as you can so that this kind of (frankly) stupid commentary is something the world can do without.

I suggest taking a world history class sometime. Or for God's sake question what your taught on both sides of the argument.		 9/1/2007
Ikey Benney Hello:
Thanks for an enlightening article highlighting some ancient Chinese inventions.
It appears that the information in most history books are biased and invalid. Those books should be revised. The Chinese are great and the future belongs to them.
Ikey Benney
 8/6/2007
jaziel well, its pretty good...
At least I got some info..thanks!		 7/29/2007
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