Perhaps no other ancient culture has contributed more to this advancement of human progress than the Chinese. Here are 10 of the greatest early Chinese inventions, in no particular order.

Another four ancient Chinese irrigation projects have been designated as World Heritage Irrigation Structures, increasing the ...

Indeed, some of the most important inventions in the history of human civilization originated in China – not least the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing. Ancient Chinese Inventions provides an ...

From invention of writing to discovery of tea, these mythological figures stand apart in the founding myth of Chinese culture ...

The term "four new inventions" harks back to the "four great inventions" of ancient China - papermaking, gunpowder, printing and the compass. China has been putting strong emphasis on ...

Archaeologists in the 20th century dedicated huge amounts of time to tracking the movements of new technologies through the ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

Does the development of hypersonic weapon technology heighten the risk of nuclear conflict to levels not seen since the Cold ...

The earliest written records of soap-like substances date to around 2500 B.C. in Mesopotamia. Clay tablets indicate that the ...

This information has been compiled by the work of Joseph Needham and his colleagues in a study of ancient Chinese books ... book by Robert Temple (The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, ...