Tang Dynasty Gunpowder

Do you believe that gunpowder was effective? My historical event is the glorious invention of gunpowder being founded by Daoist alchemist when trying to find an elixir for eternal life. This is important to know because it helped the Tang Dynasty in war and led them to ruling for 300 years. Gunpowder was the most successful invention from the Tang Dynasty (“Middle Ages Technologies: Gunpowder”). The compass was the useful tool to help navigate where you are going (“Chinese Compass history: Invention, Dynasty, and Navigation”). Gunpowder was the most reliable invention to the Tang Dynasty in the 900s. Gunpowder was the most effective intervention for the Tang Dynasty. The first big weapon for warfare that evolved out of gunpowder was the cannon (“Middle Ages Technologies: Gunpowder”). This proves that gunpowder led to making the cannon which then led to the cannon impacting warfare in many ways; it would eliminate battering rams and catapults, because now you could take out a …show more content…
The compass greatly improved a ship’s ability to navigate over long distances (“Four Great Inventions of China”). Also, the compass drastically increased sea trade and contact between cultures, ushering in the Age of Discovery (“Monumental Chinese inventions that changed the world”). This proves some would think compass over gunpowder because it improved trade and contact between cultures. Gunpowder changed the world more than the compass did because it had more successful achievements like military advancements to help build weapons like the cannon, rockets, guns, grenades, and many more.

Gunpowder is one of the monumental chinese inventions that changed the world. It changed the world by chinese militaries being able to take advantage of the weapons they had, to control their land. To this day gunpowder is still being used in modern weapons. In conclusion, gunpowder was the most known chinese invention that was ever