Four Great Inventions

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What Wikipedia says

The Four Great Inventions are inventions from imperial 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.

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Image: Unknown pre-modern painter of the 1637 Tiangong Kaiwu of the Ming dynasty., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.