UPC 000691135975

The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History

UPC 000691135975
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UPC 000691135975
EAN 0000691135975
Country U.S. and Canada
MPN 21 halftones. 4 line illus. 10 maps.
Category China
Last Scan Nov 28 2024 at 12:12 PM
Description
The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839-42. What happened?
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