Perhaps no other ancient culture has contributed more to this advancement of human progress than the Chinese. Here are 10 of the greatest early Chinese inventions, in no particular order.

China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole ...

It’s one of many historical inventions that were way ahead of ... More than 2,000 years ago, however, an ancient Chinese inventor, Zhang Heng, made the world’s first seismoscope which proved ...

The invention of the wheel was a transformative moment in human history, particularly for long ... relying on the stars. The Chinese created the first compass between the ninth and eleventh ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

Cleavers are common in Chinese kitchens ... all set to a song about a legendary ancient hero and his green dragon crescent blade. Unlike Geng’s first invention, an automatic pancake press ...