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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-04-10, day precision Aliases: projectiles

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Projectile

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...into a propellant, okay? Something that you shoot people at, a projectile. And that's why we have cannons and muskets. And so it was..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...into a propellant, okay? Something that you shoot people at, a projectile. And that's why we have cannons and muskets. And so it was..."

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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ChinaEuropeTechnology Transfer

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Technology-transfer explanation in this lecture.

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China invented gunpowder, but Jiang says Europe transformed it into projectile warfare and then the technology returned to China in adapted form.

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Timestamped Evidence

Turn Society Into The Cannon

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

Transcript

"...into a propellant, okay? Something that you shoot people at, a projectile. And that's why we have cannons and muskets. And so it was..."

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