EMERGING TRENDS IN COMPUTING
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING
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Detailed explanation-1: -The invention of gunpowder was no doubt one of the most significant achievements of the Middle Ages in China. The correct prescription for making gunpowder with nitre, sulphur and carbon was probably discovered in the ninth century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Song military engineers found gunpowder to be helpful in siege warfare, leading to the development of early types of rockets, cannons, bombs, and mines.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gunpowder was invented in China sometime during the first millennium AD. The earliest possible reference to gunpowder appeared in 142 AD during the Eastern Han dynasty when the alchemist Wei Boyang, also known as the “father of alchemy", wrote about a substance with gunpowder-like properties.