those who live in the Western world often feel as though their civilization
is and always was the most technologically advanced in the world
however that is not necessarily true many important inventions that we once
used or even still used today saw the advent in the mysterious Eastern Orient
as the Europeans once called it these inventions were not only revolutionary
but also markers of one of the most advanced societies in our history
perhaps second only to modern-day industrial cultures so here we will look
through 10 important things that the Chinese invented first that are still
important to us today let's take a look at the 10 important things China
invented first
number ten booze what is more important than the invention of alcohol while the
substance was certainly useful for tolerating the brutal conditions of the
ancient world it also had another nearly miraculous effect it was a sterilizer in
an age when puerile enhanced soap or distant dreams in the eyes of the OCD it
is arguable that booze is the very thing that made civilization possible giving
people clean drinking water and the way to sanitize wounds fruits and pretty
much anything else that they pour their liquor on and of course it was first
invented in China nearly 9,000 years ago as far as we can tell in the late 1990s
archaeologists uncovered shards of broken pottery in northern China which
had gone down a strange residue so chances are those ancient folk were
doing the same thing we still do listening to music and get smashed with
our friends
number nine renting everyone knows Gutenberg right from the famous Bible to
the project trying to spread free textbooks the man behind this name is
one of the most important figures in the development of modern European culture
Johannes Gutenberg's printing press helped shape modern Europe and by
extension a great deal of the world but guess what the Chinese did it first
and they did it way earlier during the reign of the Tang Dynasty 618 907
Chinese engineers began using wood blocks to print designs onto silk and
other fabrics this would soon transition into reproducing short Buddhist texts so
people could carry their mantras with them
finally by 868 the first dated printed book was published it was a translated
Indian Buddhist text called the diamond sutra oh and for a little perspective
Gutenberg was born around 1400 nearly 500 40 years after the publishing of the
Diamond Sutra
number eight banknotes not long after coming up with an efficient printing
press the Chinese invented banknotes now one might ask why are banknotes
interesting they're just laying pieces of paper well they are important because
we still use them today nearly all modern currency comes in the form of
bank notes pieces of colored paper that are given value by the very people who
use them banknotes began to emerge in China even before the publication of the
previously-mentioned sutra in the 700s as inflation and devaluation made
Chinese currency inefficient and even annoying to use in bartering so they did
the obvious thing and converted those gold coins into green Benjamins number 7
paper making now how could a group of people invent printing and banknotes if
they didn't also create something for that thing to get stamp on around ad 100
the Han Dynasty figured out how to make material on which liquid right by using
old rags bamboo pen and other fibrous plants and materials to make pulp this
pulp would then be filtered through a screen and allowed to dry creating paper
while the rest of the world had things like parchment and papyrus before then
this paper would ultimately win out as the world's preferred method of
recording information it does not require specific storage conditions like
papyrus or specifically prepared animal hide like parchment
number six rudder ah the rudder probably amongst the most underappreciated part
of any boat while the rest of the world used steering oars in lieu of Belton
rudders the ancient Chinese were one step ahead inventing the stern bound to
trot around ad 100 this useful implement allowed for careful and precise training
something that the steering oar was not quite as capable of considering the or
had to rely on one strong man not getting too tired to steer the boat with
the rudder attached all it would take to turn the boat was the moving of the
lever oh and just for a little more perspective the oldest recorded use of
stern mounted rudders in Europe was about a thousand years later in southern
England it looks like the Saxons got tired of having to turn their boats
themselves number five toothbrush while things call true sticks
were relevant and the world's other ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia
and Egypt the first familiar bristle toothbrush was invented by the Chinese
these useful tools first appeared in the 1400s in China made from bristles from
the back of pigs Nexen attached to bamboo sticks
whereas chew sticks were meant more for knocking bits of food from between teeth
and freshening your graph the bristle brush was explicitly for scrubbing teeth
with the hopes of further preventing tooth decay
it's a shame some people still seem to struggle with using this important
invention number four compass while this is certainly not an invention we use
every day like the toothbrush the first magnetic compasses were invented in
China during the Han Dynasty they used magnetite ore to create a sort
of spiked bull looking thing that always pointed north well initially they used
this invention to define proper times for burials and other rituals they would
soon discover its use in navigating across the globe both on land and water
by the time the tang dynasty rolled around they had refined the compass into
a more familiar irony tobask tool
number three crossbow is any picture of medieval Europe complete without the
gallant crossbow men defending his city's walls from invaders
well chivalrous romantics have the Chinese to thank for that image
the crossbow was invented during a chaotic and violent terror called the
warring States Period which began around 480 BCE and ended in 221 BC with the
creation of the first Chinese Empire cross bonds were valued thanks to the
ease of use and the fact that one do not have to rely on having a strong Archer
to use the weapon properly the Chinese even took it a step further around ad
200 when a military strategist called zuj the yang created a repeating
crossbow one of humanity's early attempts at creating an automatic weapon
number two gun powder here is another important
weapon dodge Europeans love by 8300 Chinese scientists were putting down on
paper that certain ingredients including sulfur charcoal and saltpeter when mixed
together and ignited would produce Sparks and even explosions this would
rapidly develop into a tool both for ceremony and for warmth with some of the
first inventions based around this explosive powder being colorful
fireworks by ad 900 the Chinese would be using this powder to fire balls of iron
at city walls and propel rudimentary rockets at tightly massed formations of
enemies this is in contrast to the West which only began describing gunpowder
around AD 1200 likely as a result of hearing of the technology during the
Crusades when Europeans would have their first
glimpses into the world of the east
number 1 noodles while Italians have long claimed that they were the ones who
invented the noodle evidence that archaeologists have found in China
suggests otherwise in 2005 a sealed preserved bowl of yellow noodles was
found in Mageia in northwestern China underneath 10 feet of dirt this bowl of
noodles is estimated to have been buried about 4000 years ago while the kinds of
grain used in this type of noodle had been cultivated in China for at least
the last seven thousand years that means that while four thousand-year-old
noodles seemed to be the oldest we have found definitive proof of it is highly
possible that the ancient Chinese were preparing this dish for far longer while
the Italians may have come up with this type of food on their own it seems like
the Chinese are winning the argument about who it was that made the first
steamy delicious bowl of noodles
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