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four great inventions of China

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

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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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Turn Society Into The Cannon

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

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"...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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