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 ...

gunpowder-making instructions recorded in Europe. By the Song Dynasty (960-1126), gunpowder was in extensive use. Weapons made with it included rifles and rockets. The Song army also used a kind ...

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 ...