HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Question
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Inventions such as gun powder, printing, and porcelain spurred trade
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Tibet, Korea and Vietnam were independent countries, never under Chinese authority
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Genghis Khan attacked but was overthrown and Mongolia became a tributary state under Chinese authority.
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All of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the compass-the four great inventions of ancient China-are significant contributions of the Chinese nation to world civilization.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mongol transmission Mongol rule under the Yuan dynasty saw technological advances from an economic perspective, with the first mass production of paper banknotes by Kublai Khan in the 13th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gunpowder was initially used by the Chinese for fireworks, however gunpowder was used for war as early as 904 A.D., marking the beginning of a long and deadly history of gunpowder.