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  2. Four Great Inventions - Wikipedia

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    The Four Great Inventions are inventions from ancient China that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical significance and as symbols of ancient China's advanced science and technology. They are the compass , gunpowder , papermaking and printing .

  3. List of Chinese inventions - Wikipedia

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    This sub-section is about paper making; for the writing material first used in ancient Egypt, see papyrus.. Paper: Although it is recorded that the Han dynasty (202 BC – AD 220) court eunuch Cai Lun (50 AD – AD 121) invented the pulp papermaking process and established the use of new materials used in making paper, ancient padding and wrapping paper artifacts dating from the 2nd century BC ...

  4. List of Chinese discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Reference frames postulating a nascent coordinate system for identifying locations were hinted by ancient Chinese astronomers that divided the sky into various sectors or lunar lodges. [31] The Chinese cartographer and geographer Pei Xiu of the Three Kingdoms period created a set of large-area maps that were drawn to scale. He produced a set of ...

  5. History of science and technology in China - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Chinese scientists and engineers made significant scientific innovations, findings and technological advances across various scientific disciplines including the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, military technology, mathematics, geology and astronomy. Among the earliest inventions were the abacus, the sundial, and the Kongming ...

  6. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    4th century BC: Traction trebuchet in Ancient China. [247] 4th century BC: Gears in Ancient China; 4th century BC: Reed pens, utilising a split nib, were used to write with ink on Papyrus in Egypt. [247] 4th century BC: Nailed Horseshoe, with 4 bronze shoes found in an Etruscan tomb. [248] 375 BC – 350 BC: Animal-driven rotary mill in ...

  7. List of inventions and discoveries of Neolithic China - Wikipedia

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    China been the source of many innovations, scientific discoveries and inventions. Below is an alphabetical list of inventions and discoveries made by Neolithic cultures of China and those of its prehistorical early Bronze Age before the palatial civilization of the Shang dynasty (c. 1650 – c. 1050 BC).

  8. China leads the global patents race for generative AI, with ...

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    China dominates the global race in generative artificial intelligence patents, filing more than 38,000 patents from 2014 to 2023, a U.N. report showed.

  9. Category:Chinese inventions - Wikipedia

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    Chariots in ancient China; China Blue High-definition Disc; China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting; Chinese boxes; Chinese dominoes; Chinese jade; Chinese magic mirror; Chinese spoon; Chinese standard movement; Chopstick rest; Chopsticks; Churn drill; Civil service entrance examination; Coffin; Coke (fuel) Color printing; Compartment (ship ...