In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear the stories of the Four Great Inventions from ancient China, and how they’ve impacted the modern world: the compass, papermaking, woodblock printing, and gunpowder.
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Image: Unknown. Frontispiece, Diamond Sutra. Ink on paper. 868. Via Wikimedia.
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