jul 10, 112 BC - Han Dynasty - Achievements

Description:

Under Han rule, China entered a “Golden Age,” a long period of stability and wealth. Education, literature, and art flourished while new practices, inventions, and discoveries improved people’s lives. Match the new practice, invention or discovery to the clues.
Iron → learned how to pour this metal into molds which then improved strength and quality of armor and made plows out of this.
Silk → produced from the fibers of a silkworm cocoon, high demand outside of China due to it lightness and breathability while being worn.
Salt → valued in ancient times because people used it to help preserve meat and vegetables.
Paper → used calligraphy to write on this and cheap to produce so more people could afford writing materials.
Acupuncture → process in which thin needles are inserted into specific parts of the body -thought to rebalance the forces of yin and yang, believed to be useful for curing illnesses that strike quickly, like headaches.
Magnetic Compass → instrument for determining direction, such as north or south.By the 200s C.E., Chinese scientists understood that a lodestone, a type of iron ore, tends to align itself in a north-south direction because of Earth’s magnetism.

Added to timeline:

Date:

Images: