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  2. List of Chinese inventions - Wikipedia

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    A Sui dynasty (581–618 AD) plough figurine pulled by a bull. Hand cannon: The bronze Yuan dynasty gun from Heilongjiang, which dates from about 1288, is a little over 0.3 m (0.98 ft) long and weighs 3.6 kg (7.9 lb). It has a small touch hole for ignition and an even bore except for the bulbous enlargement around the explosion chamber. It was ...

  3. Sui dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Sui dynasty (, pinyin: Suí cháo) was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China proper under the Sui brought the Northern and Southern dynasties era to a close, ending a prolonged period of political division since the War of the Eight Princes .

  4. Four Great Inventions - Wikipedia

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    According to Needham, the Chinese in the Song dynasty and continuing Yuan dynasty did make use of a dry compass. [ 17 ] The dry compass used in China was a dry suspension compass, a wooden frame crafted in the shape of a turtle hung upside down by a board, with the lodestone sealed in by wax, and if rotated, the needle at the tail would always ...

  5. History of science and technology in China - Wikipedia

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    There were many famous inventors and early scientists in the Song dynasty period. The statesman Shen Kuo is best known for his book known as the Dream Pool Essays (1088 AD). In it, he wrote of use for a drydock to repair boats, the navigational magnetic compass , and the discovery of the concept of true north (with magnetic declination towards ...

  6. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    7th century: Banknote in Tang dynasty China: The banknote is first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties, starting in the 7th century. Its roots are in merchant receipts of deposit during the Tang dynasty (618–907), as merchants and wholesalers desire to avoid the heavy bulk of copper coinage in large commercial transactions ...

  7. List of Chinese discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Aside from many original inventions, the Chinese were also early original pioneers in the discovery of natural phenomena which can be found in the human body, the environment of the world, and the immediate Solar System. They also discovered many concepts in mathematics. The list below contains discoveries which found their origins in China.

  8. Northern and Southern dynasties - Wikipedia

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    After this conquest, the whole of China entered a new golden age of reunification under the centralization of the short-lived Sui dynasty and the succeeding Tang dynasty (618–907). The core elite of the Northern dynasties, mixed-culture, and mixed-ethnicity military clans, would later also form the founding elites of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

  9. Category:Sui dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Category:Sui dynasty 581–618 Succeeded by: Tang dynasty 618–907 Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. C.