THE ORIGINS OF GUNPOWDER
Dec 30, 2021
3 minutes
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Peter Lorge is associate professor of history and Asian studies at Vanderbilt University with a particular focus on 10th and 11th century Chinese military, political and social history. His books include The Reunification of China (Cambridge, 2015) and Chinese Martial Arts (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
When was gunpowder first invented?
Our first document that we think mentions what will later become understood as gunpowder is from 808 CE and this appears in the Tang Dynasty. It’s actually a warning to not combine certain ingredients together and heat them up, because they
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