NOVA: How did the Chinese invention of gunpowder move from East to West? Yates: Although scholars often consider the Song Dynasty to have been very weak, its use of gunpowder was the reason it was ...

The invention of gunpowder was no doubt one of the most ... gunpowder-making instructions recorded in Europe. By the Song Dynasty (960-1126), gunpowder was in extensive use. Weapons made with ...

Works on display include Qing-dynasty painter Ding Guanpeng’s lively ... tables and chairs to China during the Tang (618-907) and Song (970-1279) dynasties and completely transformed the way ...

While tea drinking in China stretches back thousands of years, it was during the Song dynasty that it reached new heights. This era gave rise to many important inventions, including gunpowder ...