Ten Han Dynasty Inventions That Changed the World
In 206 BC, a peasant named Liu Bang established the great Han Empire that would last over 400 years. One of the empire's distinctive attributes was to record and preserve the developments and advances of all aspects of society. There were many inventions in Chinese history , and the following ten innovations from Han Dynasty are among the most important ones. Han Dynasty Mural Invention of Paper-making Paper-making is one of the four greatest inventions of ancient China and an outstanding creation in human civilization. China is the first country in the world that bred silkworms and waved silks. Ancient Chinese often bleached the unqualified cocoons to make the silk. Some remnants would be left on the matting, and more bleaching often resulted in more remnants, which would accumulate into a fibrous sheet layer. When the sheet was dried in the sun, it could be used to write. This was the original paper in China. In 105 (Eastern Han Dynasty), Cai Lun discovered that paper-making co...