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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-04-10, day precision Aliases: china, chinas, four-great-inventions-china, four-great-inventions-chinas, four-great-inventions-of-chinas

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four great inventions of China

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...allow you to make great inventions. And so the four great inventions of China are the compass, right? Paper, printmaking, and gunpowder. Okay, these..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...allow you to make great inventions. And so the four great inventions of China are the compass, right? Paper, printmaking, and gunpowder. Okay, these..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Turn Society Into The Cannon (2025-04-10, day precision).

Most connected source reading: Turn Society Into The Cannon.

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four great inventions of China

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Compass, paper, printmaking, and gunpowder; Jiang uses them to compare Chinese invention with European social transformation.

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Timestamped Evidence

Turn Society Into The Cannon

2025-04-10, day precision · Civilization #45: The Gunpowder Revolution

Transcript

"...allow you to make great inventions. And so the four great inventions of China are the compass, right? Paper, printmaking, and gunpowder. Okay, these..."

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