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INVENTIONS
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The Japanese
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The Mongols
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The Russians
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The Vietnamese
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Detailed explanation-1: -13th Through 16th Centuries. Rockets were first used as actual weapons in the battle of Kai-fung-fu in 1232 A.D. The Chinese attempted to repel Mongol invaders with barrages of fire arrows and, possibly, gunpowder-launched grenades. The fire-arrows were a simple form of a solid-propellant rocket.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ancient rockets developed by the Chinese were used for military campaigns and they were also developed into fireworks which were used for entertainment and celebrations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The dating of the invention of the first rocket, otherwise known as the gunpowder propelled fire arrow, is disputed. The History of Song attributes the invention to two different people at different times, Feng Zhisheng in 969 and Tang Fu in 1000.