Medieval Chinese Innovations

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Golden Age of China dynasty?

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Tang

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Porcelain is a delicate white pottery used for dishes or decor.

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a thin, white, delicate pottery often used for dishes or decorative figures.

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Fine, white pottery used for dishes or figurines?

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porcelain

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Primary source for luxurious silk fabric?

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mulberry worm cocoons

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A magnetic compass

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uses Earth's gravity to show pole direction.

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Device using Earth's gravity for direction?

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magnetic compass

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Innovation made of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal that creates an explosive propellant.

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gunpowder

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Woodblock printing

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Allowed text and drawings to be pressed into paper and bound into books.

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Silk is

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fibers from the mulberry worm made into luxurious fabric.

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Imported from Vietnam, harvested 2-3 times a year:

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fast-ripening rice