China.org.cn has selected the top 10 greatest inventions in ancient China to help you learn ... when distilled alcohol was first made in Italy.

The helicopter’s invention is a complex story spanning centuries, inspired by ancient toys and powered by groundbreaking ...

China was the first civilization to develop paper. The invention of paper, which occurred in ancient China around the 2nd century, made for a more efficient writing medium than clay tablets or ...

This information has been compiled by the work of Joseph Needham and his colleagues in a study of ancient Chinese books ... book by Robert Temple (The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

Beer, this ancient ... in China, where fermentation residues were identified on pottery. These discoveries, published in PLOS ONE, suggest a ritualized consumption of fermented drinks made from ...

Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore ... the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists ...

The invention of papermaking is one of China's significant contributions to the spread and the development of human civilization. According to research, paper was first made during the Western Han ...

was first mentioned in the ancient Chinese medical text Huangdi Neijing (《黄帝内经》huáng dì nèi jīng) which was compiled during the Warring States Period. The oldest acupuncture needles were made of gold ...