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18 lis 2020 · Gunpowder has been considered as one of the most important discoveries made by man after the wheel. Interestingly, the origin of gunpowder is still shrouded in uncertainty. Nobody can definitely say who actually invented gunpowder and when. Common belief has it that gunpowder was invented in China and then came to India via the Silk Route.
The timeline covers the history of gunpowder from the first hints of its origin as a Taoist alchemical product in China until its replacement by smokeless powder in the late 19th century (from 1884 to the present day). Major developments: Earliest stage of gunpowder development.
The documents in this lesson are all taken from SP 14/216, the ‘Gunpowder Plot Book’, a collection in three volumes, of the most significant government documents relating the plot. The image of...
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In the 15th and 16th centuries, three great powers arose in a band across western and southern Asia. The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal dynasties established control over Turkey, Iran, and India respectively, in large part due to a Chinese invention - gunpowder.
Gunpowder was invented in China shortly before A.D. 1000 and was first used in war as an incendiary. That, at least, is a plausible interpretation of a text that tells how in A.D. 969 an emperor of the Sung [sic] dynasty awarded a prize to officers who had invented a new "fire arrow." The arrow probably carried a charge of gunpowder, since
In Iran and Central Asia, firm evidence of firearms emerges only in the late four teenth century. In India the first clear references do not occur until around 1442.
