HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Chinese contributed to the field of science by giving the world
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Seismography
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Oceanography
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Calligraphy
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Astronomy
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 132 AD, Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng created a seismometer, a device that detects the ground’s movement during an earthquake. It couldn’t predict quakes but it did show what direction they were coming from-even when they were hundreds of miles away!
Detailed explanation-2: -China was a world leader in science and technology until the early years of the Ming dynasty. Chinese discoveries and Chinese innovations such as papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder (the Four Great Inventions) contributed to the economic development in East Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
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