Which of these discoveries did the Chinese make, more than a thousand years before people in Europe did?
1 Answer
A partial list, paper, printing press, compass, gunpowder, fireworks, water wheels, screw pumps, citrus , silk, textile looms, cross bow,
Explanation:
The Chinese civilization was much more advanced than the Western civilizations during the Roman and Medieval periods.
China was so far advanced that China felt that the Western and other Asian civilizations had nothing to offer China. The Ming dynasty burned their fleet that had explored the world feeling that Chinese culture was superior to anything they discovered.
While Europe was writing on sheep skins, by hand. China was printing on paper with a printing press. While Europe was wearing corse woolen clothes from a spinning wheel. China was wearing shimmering tightly woven silk from a loom.
China had gunpowder, rockets, and cross bows long before Europe discovered these and used them to conquer the world. China used gunpowder more for fireworks than warfare.
China developed many food sources such as rice, and citrus that would benefit Europe when they arrived there. Italian spaghetti needed Chinese noodles
