There are few events that can overshadow the invention of black powder in China and its change of our civilization. The discovery of combining a mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate ...

Warfare has been a large driver for technology, pushing human progress forward as engineers, strategists, and nations explore the edges of what is possible. This is done in the pursuit of strategic ...

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I'm sharing a quick chemistry fact about gunpowder, a major Chinese invention made from sulfur, carbon, and potassium nitrate. But that's just one of China's "Four Great Inventions." If you already ...

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Lagui / iStock via Getty Images 6. The trebuchet > First developed: Fourth century B.C. Like the crossbow and gunpowder, the earliest evidence of the trebuchet used in battle comes from ancient China.