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Emperor Jing of Han (r. 157–141 BC) set up 36 government pastures in the northwest to breed horses for military use and sent 30,000 slaves to care for them. By the time Emperor Wu of Han (r. 9 March 141 BC – 29 March 87 BC) came to power, the Han government had control over herds of roughly 300,000 horses, which increased to over 450,000 ...
The Jesuit China missions of the 16th and 17th centuries introduced Western science and astronomy, while undergoing its own scientific revolution, at the same time bringing Chinese knowledge of technology back to Europe. [1] [2] In the 19th and 20th centuries the introduction of Western technology was a major factor in the modernization of China.
Jin Guantao, a professor of the Institute of Chinese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fan Hongye, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Science Policy and Managerial Science, and Liu Qingfeng, a professor of the Institute of Chinese Culture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, assert that the latter part of the Han dynasty was a unique period in ...
v. t. e. The recorded military history of China extends from about 2200 BC to the present day. Chinese pioneered the use of crossbows, advanced metallurgical standardization for arms and armor, early gunpowder weapons, and other advanced weapons, but also adopted nomadic cavalry [1] and Western military technology. [2]
The Four Great Inventions are inventions from ancient China that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical significance and as symbols of ancient China's advanced science and technology. They are the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. [1]
Huolongchushui ( simplified Chinese: 火龙出水; traditional Chinese: 火龍出水; pinyin: huolóngchushui [1]; lit. 'fire dragon out of water'') were the earliest form of multistage rockets used in post-classical China. The name of the weapon was used to strike fear into enemy troops. If the enemy was out of range of the rocket itself, the ...
The Wubei Zhi ( Chinese: 武備志; Treatise on Armament Technology or Records of Armaments and Military Provisions ), also commonly known by its Japanese translated name Bubishi, [1] [2] [3] is a military book in Chinese history. It was compiled in 1621 by Mao Yuanyi [ zh] （茅元儀 Máo Yuányí; 1594–1640?), an officer of waterborne ...
History of rockets. Rockets carrying the Space Shuttle Discovery into Earth orbit in 2007. The first rockets were used as propulsion systems for arrows, and may have appeared as early as the 10th century in Song dynasty China. However more solid documentary evidence does not appear until the 13th century.