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What did china invent?

Updated: 8/22/2023
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China is an ancient civilization, however, many civilizations are much older. Iran is the oldest civilization on Earth -- 1,000 years older than China.

Although the Chinese did invent some things, most notably gun powder, many of the inventions claimed by China were actually invented elsewhere.

For example:

Coins -- Mesopotamia

Ice cream -- Northern Europe and North Central Asia

Dogs -- Western Europe (modern Germany)

Paper -- Egypt

Football (also called soccer) -- Greece

Fishing poles -- Eastern Africa

In fact, even the abacus was made in ancient Mesopotamia and Iran long before it appeared in China.

Although China did invent some things, much of what they claim to have 'invented' was borrowed from other, much older cultures in the Middle East and ancient Iran. What the Chinese have been good at is copying other peoples' inventions, much like today.
Yes! Chinese did invent many things. They have invented weapons like Dagger Axe, Crossbows, Exploding Cannon Balls, Gun Powder, Fireworks, Firecrackers, Hand Grenade, Land Mines.They have also invented games like Mahjong, Playing Cards, Xiangqi, Liubo. They have also invented miscellaneous like Paper, Compass, Teapot, Wooden Coffins, Rowing Oar, Chopsticks, Nail Polish, Negative Numbers, Seismometer, Teapot, Electronic Cigarettes.

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The most famous four inventions from China are: the paper, the printing press, the compass, and the gunpowder.

China invented many things such as paper, ice cream kites and other stuffthe Chinese invent ice cream kites tea and all kinds of other stuff-tea

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-noodles

-jade

-acupuncture

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11y ago

It is believed that the kite had originated from China because they had the bamboo to build the frame and silk to make the sail and the flying line. Also, dominoes and playing cards were said to come from China

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Gunpowder

Ice cream

Fire crackers

Saw

Umbrella

Paper

Hydraulics

Acupuncture

Zodiac

Banknote

alcohol

beer

money bills

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14y ago

The Calendar, the Gunpowder, paper, compass and paper money are some of the inventions.

this guy is wrong they did not invent the calender! or paper

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There are four great famous inventions in ancient China. They are: Compass, Gunpowder, Papermaking, and Printing.

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Silk, paper and gunpowder were the most important things invented in China.

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8y ago

The Ancient Chinese invented the abacus, silk weaving, wood pulp to make paper, the plow, the wheelbarow and compass

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