Search Tags:

Categories:

Inventions from Ancient China ~ Gunpowder



Uploaded by: NTDTV
Video Description:
For higher resolution watch http://www.ntdtv.com / to watch more on youtube : http://youtube.com/user/NTDTV choose playlist and then "Journey to the East"
The ancient Chinese paid a great deal of attention to cultivating the mind and the body. In fact, even the fourth great invention from ancient China, gun powder, was accidentally found when the natural element, sulphur, was used in an attempt to create the elixir of life. Besides cultivation practice, gunpowder was also known to be used in Chinese medicine, fire crackers, and only later, warfare.
Speaking of wars, many dynasties came and went over the course of China's thousands of years of history. The rise and fall of its dynasties came about when the emperor of a dynasty was no longer virtuous. Back then, there was not a concept of politics, but rather people talked about the virtues required on how to administer a country and the merits necessary to rule as a king.
In today's Five Thousand Years segment we will introduce the invention of gunpowder.


Tags for this video: asia China crackers culture dynasty engineering fire Gunpowder history Inventions physical science social war

Find more videos in the "Education" category
See more videos uploaded by NTDTV

Related Videos
What the Ancients Knew: The Romans Part 2/7African use of complex geometric patterns - fractals part 1What the Ancients Knew: The Romans Part 3/7
what-the-ancients-knew-the-romans-part-27.htmlwhat-the-ancients-knew-the-romans-part-27.htmlwhat-the-ancients-knew-the-romans-part-27.html
What the Ancients Knew: The Romans Part 5/7Persian Inventions,Ideas, Contributions To The World.RPI (Rensselaer) "Imagine A World"
what-the-ancients-knew-the-romans-part-27.htmlwhat-the-ancients-knew-the-romans-part-27.htmlwhat-the-ancients-knew-the-romans-part-27.html


Share This Video:       StumbleUpon       del.icio.us       Reddit       digg       Furl       Spurl       Simpy       YahooMyWeb


Comments for this video: Show || Hide
Comments for this video on YouTube
Ancient China used ... ( 7 months ago by tamyk007)
Ancient China used it to celebrate events in festivals but it was used by people to kill others !!!
ok enough talking ... ( 6 months ago by thefire999)
ok enough talking about pigs . FREE TIBET .
Such an incredible ... ( 6 months ago by eaglepies)
Such an incredible history and culture that has given the world so much!
chinese people were ... ( 6 months ago by ADITYA72)
chinese people were always inventive, communism has screwed them
China = guns, ... ( 5 months ago by TheMexicaMovement)
China = guns, gunpowder, bullets, cannons, crossbows, magnetic compass, printing press, paper, sternpost rudder, first seismograph, paper money, silk, iron field plow, kites, longitude/latitude maps, saddles, stirrups, horse collar, folding umbrella, cast iron, grain winnowing machine, water clock, canal locks, the escapement mechanism and the chain-drive to name the main ones. RECLAIM YOUR GENIUS FROM THE EUROPEAN THIEVES, CHINESE PEOPLE!
Yeah as a Chinese I ... ( 4 months ago by Bratbaticus)
Yeah as a Chinese I wondered when did Chinese counterfeits got big?
Today China is ... ( 4 months ago by ADITYA72)
Today China is known for counterfiets, But the world should be indebted for thier inventions.
Communism has subjugated the people and alas chinese are today known for their counterfiets.
Shame actually!!!
博大精深 :) ( 4 months ago by yipmeg)
博大精深 :)
nice ( 3 months ago by yoming49)
nice
China made many ... ( 2 months ago by EnigmaHood)
China made many amazing things that people today think come from white people.
MexicaMovement: The ... ( 1 month ago by EricMetalGuitarist)
MexicaMovement: The Chinese did not invent the "printing press". They invented woodblock printing (8th century) and then movable type printing (11th century), although the latter did not employ the Hellenistic screw press that was unique to Western/European civilization. The "printing press" was a unique invention of Johannes Gutenberg of Germany. Also, your rabid anti-White racism is astounding. Thievery? Please, save that for your La Raza meetings, racist.
You are confusing ... ( 1 month ago by obbytoo)
You are confusing invention with innovation.
lol, one of the ... ( 4 weeks ago by Zealith)
lol, one of the things we cannot credit the chinese with inventing is an accurate an unembellished record of history, nor you Mr Mexican Movement.
Like this series of ... ( 3 weeks ago by icare4it2)
Like this series of culture programs...
nice ! ( 2 weeks ago by red8hk)
nice !
is this during the ... ( 2 weeks ago by prophetofPEACE)
is this during the iron age
whether you press ... ( 1 week ago by ejr669)
whether you press it using an Archimedian screw or not the concept of printing was copied from the Chinese, the fact that it is being pressed using the screw is trivial, it can work without it, it can be pressed by other means, as the Chinese proved it. The Chinese had thier time, Europe had theirs, it is now America's time, however the future may well blong to the Chinese, again! if that happens they will be the first ancient power to rise again in the modern age!
No, there is no ... ( 1 week ago by EricMetalGuitarist)
No, there is no definitive evidence to suggest that Gutenberg's printing press was influenced by Chinese movable type printing as invented by Bi Sheng in the 11th century.
What the hell does printing have to do with modern superpowers? You're taking one subject and transforming it into something completely different.
"printing was also ... ( 1 week ago by EricMetalGuitarist)
"printing was also prevalent in the Turkish ottoman empire and the Middle East during Gutenberg's time"
What are we talking about here? Woodblock? That has nothing to do with movable type printing.
"Where did the turks get their gunpowder and cannons from? Most historians agree that they got them from the Chinese"
Gunpowder and artillery are completely separate issues. The ancient Greek screw press is what inspired Gutenberg's invention, not clay characters and metal sheets of Bi Sheng.



Tell a friend:


URL 
Embed Code