A sophisticated economic system in imperial China gave birth to inventions such as paper money during the Song Dynasty (960–1279). Later inventions such as the multiple-tube seed drill and the heavy moldboard iron plow enabled China to sustain a much larger population through improvements in agricultural output.īy the Warring States period (403–221 BC), inhabitants of China had advanced metallurgic technology, including the blast furnace and cupola furnace, while the finery forge and puddling process were known by the Han Dynasty (202 BC–AD 220). 2000 BC) allowed for high agricultural production yields and rise of Chinese civilization during the Shang Dynasty (c. Use of the plow during the Neolithic period Longshan culture (c. The historical region now known as China experienced a history involving mechanics, hydraulics and mathematics applied to horology, metallurgy, astronomy, agriculture, engineering, music theory, craftsmanship, naval architecture and warfare. The list below contains these and other inventions in ancient and modern China attested by archaeological or historical evidence, excluding prehistoric inventions of Neolithic and early Bronze Age China. This includes the Four Great Inventions: papermaking, the compass, gunpowder, and printing (both woodblock and movable type). China has been the source of many innovations, scientific discoveries and inventions.
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