WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gunpowder has also been used for non-military purposes such as fireworks for entertainment, or in explosives for mining and tunneling.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is Gunpowder? Originally, gunpowder was made by mixing elemental sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter (potassium nitrate).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Chinese first used gunpowder in warfare in 904, as incendiary projectiles called “flying fires.” Its use was soon expanded to explosive grenades hurled from catapults. The third step was to use gunpowder as a propellant. Its first such use was recorded in 1132 in experiments with mortars consisting of bamboo tubes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty included fire arrows, gunpowder lit flamethrowers, soft shell bombs, hard shell iron bombs, fire lances, and possibly early cannons known as “eruptors".