The 4 Great Inventions that changed the world (China)

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Papermaking, gunpowder, printing and the compass.
These four inventions have been recognised as catalysts for great civilisations.
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Created by Daniel Turner
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Chris Kane
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Sources:
Ancient Chinese Inventions
By Yinke Deng
Rockets
By Joseph A. Angelo
The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in ...
By Tonio Andrade
China at War: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia
edited by Xiaobing Li
History of Papermaking in China
By Zhi Dao
Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind's Relationship with Earth's Most Primal Element
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[@Simplehistory]

What are the top 4 inventions of mankind in your opinion?

[@conor1940]

Internet, simple history

[@funcraft9824]

Hey simple h. You can make romanian army in ww2 pleas?

[@lukeosullivan7526]

The wheel, languages, smart phones and things alike also sliced bread 🍞

[@johnisapplejuice4875]

Swords,firearms,cars, and cola

[@UnchiuBaros]

Comunism.. Jk idk

[@NotSaddamHussein]

China : hey guys we just invented gunpowder, what do you think? Mongolia : its ok India : Alright cool Europe: *GuNpOwDeR iS rEaLlY NoIcE*

[@memelover6917]

*GuNPOwdEr MeKs GUn gO PEw PEW*

[@elroma7712]

What does Europe like besides fighting other continets...well fighting other europeans of course

[@shan9usfc]

*Grenadier's theme intensifies*

[@marem3038]

@@elroma7712 And colonising every place they discovered

[@vanja2565]

What funny normie are you

[@Yoyle-jq9ul]

“Made in China” the meaning was different back then

[@nkcryingcat]

If there were western media “back then” , it would mean the same.

[@csfynabranch4496]

@@nkcryingcat good one dude, I actually laughed.

[@ivy3420]

@@nkcryingcat hahaha yep you are totally right. we shall see how it goes in 10 years :)

[@sctm81]

Yes, before communism which ruins everything in this world.

[@hihihui1]

@@nkcryingcat haha that made me laugh. Nice one have a like.

[@michaeljordan3302]

The guy holding the paper in the thubnail looks like hes got something up his rektum

[@christiaansjouw5680]

You actually made me laugh out loud

[@linkplays95]

Rectum

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

rectum?..........well it didn't do them much good.

[@ThatGuy-vw6gc]

He looks like he’s been traumatised becuase of this

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

@@thedude___dude4399 He doesn't look board to me, he looks like he's enjoying himself.

[@thomasturner6980]

4 great inventions of North Korea 1. Nukes 2. Nukes 3. Nukes 4. Our supreme leader Kim Jong Un

[@jamesliu8095]

Hamburger and basketball

[@quirkyusername1093]

Don't forget democracy

[@sillywear1376]

You again how

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@Josip Broz Tito His Dad once had consecutive 11 holes in one during a round of golf, along with 7 twos for a round of 25 or 45 under par. (I think that it was a 70 par course.)

[@duckqwerty9786]

Thomas Turner Americans invented nukes

[@hugofernandez4459]

The Slav Greatest inventions: 1. Vodka 2. Lada 3. Tracksuits 4. Kalashnikov

[@barronhung8246]

You forgot gulag

[@domination6495]

You forgot Blyatman

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar3808]

*WHERE IS WORKERS LIBERTY COMRADE?*

[@Laurence02]

5. Cyka Blyat

[@deemus4776]

5. COMMUNISM

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

4 great inventions of Best Korea: hamburger, bulgogi, basketball, rockets

[@derrickstorm6976]

Also Gulag, but we don't talk about that...

[@bigbigmurphy]

Unicorn?

[@darkhorsearmor3513]

Kim Jong-un you are literally everwhere

[@shibavekreal]

Kim Jong-un Hey I heard that North Korea won Best Korea of the year again in North Korea for the 60th time. Congrats

[@firepower7017]

Jussi Raitoniemi Stop lying. The Soviets invented the Gulag

[@evanburgoon8361]

Top 4 greatest inventions: Germany 4: efficiency 3: efficiency 2: efficiency 1: losing world wars

[@bronzetoothbrush6825]

Evan Burgoon " German technology is the greatest in ZA WORLDO !" -Rudof Von Stroheims

[@name-di5gs]

@@bronzetoothbrush6825 IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE?!

[@woodonfire7406]

@@name-di5gs do people still keep doing Jojo references?

[@name-di5gs]

@@woodonfire7406 yep people still do jojo reference

[@spookyengie735]

i dont think germany exist during the 7 years war

[@wizardcat0926]

The printers back then is better It prints even without magenta

[@migsfernandez3392]

Hahahahahahaha true lol

[@KnightSlasher]

I like the internet otherwise I couldn't watch this video

[@bibihalima6761]

The internet is the worst and best invention

[@anuvratverma1255]

@@theoonyoutube fake it's India

[@ibreathenapalm1112]

Remember, before you start dissing them, they did make the iPhones you're holding right now.

[@adriandiaz4071]

Yea FORCED to Btw I'm an android user

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Okay.

[@steele_heart77]

#SamsungPride

[@minister_of_films2635]

Android>iOS

[@seargentbeast8472]

Hah I no use iphone

[@marcello7781]

I'll never stop to thank them for having invented paper.

[@theviking2877]

even with a bidet toilet paper is still needed

[@Agent-ie3uv]

Why 🦇 viruz wasn't included? 🤔🤔

[@Hmmtsk]

​@@Agent-ie3uv HIV originally came from Africa. Would you like to say "Thanks Africa for inventing HIV" ?

[@yzfwing7439]

印度人不需要纸😂

[@Simplehistory]

Did you guess what they were?

[@ricknguyen864]

no

[@pedrozz4171]

Nope

[@ibew3691]

Simple History NOTI GANG I guessed 3

[@everydaym8]

Not really, but it's still interesting.

[@maxcastro5780]

Great video I didn't know this stuff

[@antonioravanes9139]

China was the first invention era. Before Spanish invention era, when they invented guns and cannons. Ancient Chinese people invented a special weapons such as: Semi-automatic crossbow, Mobile Fortress chariot, Cannons, landmines, and gunpowder missiles. This is the first ancient chinese weapon inventions.

[@jasonchow6475]

So proud to be a Chinese. Chinese people are so spread out in the world, they can be found everywhere. Any viewers here of Chinese origin?

[@alberttroychan4264]

me

[@Chinaziland]

Be humble, my friend. Chinese were *proud* since probably 500 years ago. Look what they got.

[@jasonchow6475]

@@Chinaziland I am humble my fellow brother. Now the Chinese are successful after years of hard work by our ancestors that also come from humble beginnings

[@Chinaziland]

@@jasonchow6475 I know. I was referring to the one hundred year of humiliation since mid-19th century. China became strong only by learning humbly. Complacency only brings doom.

[@jasonchow6475]

@@Chinaziland There's also the war with Japan that China lost. Many great empires have fallen too

[@ChristianVBlue3]

4 inventions by Uganda 1. Do u know da way 2. Why are u running? 3. Man press the bomb man! 4. Why are u gai?

[@SefiricAcid]

Ramon Film Productionsi DA MOVIES ON EXPECT DA UNEXPECTABLE

[@shongq5610]

Normie

[@lucaslopez2033]

HAHAHA LMAO! nOrMiE

[@t.hieuv.8062]

"Man, the man is killing us, man!"

[@antokarman2064]

Pasta, pasta!

[@a_can_of_soda]

The 4 Great Inventions of Canada: 1. Maple syrup 2. Hockey 3. Igloos 4. Poutine

[@kennedytheretard975]

SodaBoy628 C79 Sight and the assault rifle yes, canada make guns

[@newman8r45]

Penicillin

[@DeNihility]

@@kennedytheretard975 Not really sure that counts as an invention. Could add snowmobiles to the list though.

[@rokball4892]

SodaBoy628 And insulin.

[@RegrettableUsername]

Canada made Pornhub...

[@ishlazz1307]

Gunpowder were discover by alchemists for immortality, instead they discover something to take someone life 😂

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

Or to make sicc colors

[@ishlazz1307]

@@grizzlyowlbear3538 is it true?

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

@@ishlazz1307 Yes, dem fireworks

[@ghostcreeper243]

The greatest invention of all time is.... Memes

[@Jay-nj1oz]

Very true

[@spencerdecoteau8038]

I don’t know how to argue against this.

[@therealcaesar3157]

Change my mind

[@retrogradeprodigy967]

@@therealcaesar3157 you want to have a cival conversation about it! 😁

[@PPandaPete]

... Anime and bodypillow

[@American001_offical]

Thank you so much for making these videos, I learn so much in every video!

[@AndreY-qe6qt]

The Greatest Invention: Wi-Fi

[@ivy3420]

i mean if without the internet wifi is nothing

[@JessBH]

Paper: 0:54 Printing: 1:42 Compass: 2:17 Gunpowder: 2:49

[@dillonmcculloch917]

Another great video! Keep up the good work!

[@enygmayt7387]

The British:these are the 4 Chinese popular things: 1.Tea 2.Tea 3.Tea 4.Tea

[@raymartcarreon4196]

TOG II(HMS DANK MEME)

[@kabozulee1872]

You forgot bubble tea

[@raymartcarreon4196]

@@kabozulee1872ICED TEA

[@T-X-xd2gw]

5. communist branch tea (an actual real branch).

[@devinwwt]

Lucius_Salluci uhm silk and porcelains no?

[@TheRobloxExpert]

4 great inventions of America: 1. McDonalds 2. Memes 3. Weebs 4. Entitled Parents

[@Briselance]

Hmm... revolvers. Internet.

[@tonyb3059]

5. Capitalism and a love for guns

[@velvetxd27]

6. Fortnut

[@thesaltwizard3212]

5. fatasses

[@T-X-xd2gw]

5. fires arms

[@gamingjoe9649]

China: hey guys we made gunpowder Europe: *it's free real estate*

[@gallymckendrick9314]

I really enjoyed this!I don’t know if you were going to make this a series,but could you do one about Scotland I might be bisect but we’ve made some amazing things.Keep up the good work.

[@adamamato4889]

I can think of a 5th one The earthquake reader/ richtometer There was the a staff that had a lead ball on top and 10 dragon heads under it When the ground shook the ball would fall lose and fall it too one of the dragon mouths The higher the number The higher the earthquake was in strenght

[@chat3087]

Perfect timing. Right now, I'm learning about the inventions from China.

[@theviking2877]

paper is organic, recyclable and compostible. the best invention ever

[@youraveragefpsfan3784]

Thanks for great video never been so early keep up the great work 👍😊

[@jimconradgobot7907]

4 greatest invention of Australia: 1.Kangaroo 2.Red back spider 3.Ned Kelly 4.losing the emu war

[@yufengliu836]

Mad Max

[@Angelcat710]

5.emu

[@naskirnawas2037]

Genocide

[@supermanscat6930]

Clothes line, Owen gun, Lawn mower, black box recorder...vegimite

[@sharkfinbite]

Fun Fact for Kids: You can technically make parchment or paper out of anything. If you look up the definition it mentions wood but also includes, "any fibrous material." They say this because historians have found paper made out animal hide, reeds, cotton, and other extremely unorthodox very strange stuff. Some Latin American Indians made paper out of human skin for example. That is just a tip of the iceburg. If you do some research or visit a museum showing the different ways paper were made you'll see the various strange material used from every part of the globe.

[@qiuxia1208]

Do your research. Let's see if the paper you are using is a Chinese paper formula. Don't easily mislead people

[@pornhub1]

Human skin is its a parchment then

[@brutallyhonest3529]

paper is Chinese.

[@velvetxd27]

The 4 Great Inventions Of KZbin: 1. Copyright 2. Demonetization 3. KZbin Rewind 2018 4. No Pewdiepie in KZbin Rewind 2018

[@Angelcat710]

Coppa

[@ghostskullromero8643]

Man i love your work it's so good 😎💖

[@camworkingkid2554]

Great video man your the best KZbinr

[@madexdaigle9988]

Do canadien factions ww2 please and also this channel is the best

[@magpiethegreat4587]

4 great inventions of Franc 1. White Flag 2. White Flag 3. White Flag 4. Baguette

[@brutallyhonest3529]

France achievements better than all of USA. 😂

[@sammyafe4197]

Awesome stuff!

[@Tyler-gd1ox]

Short video but a good one!

[@tetragon2137]

4 great inventions of the British Empire: The Steam Engine (Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt/Matthew Boulton, it's hard to pin it down to one single engineer) The Steam Turbine (Charles Parsons) Electric Motors (Michael Faraday) The World Wide Web (Tim Berners Lee) and here's 4 slightly Tongue-in-Cheek items for the list: The Chocolate Bar (Joseph Fry) Soda drinks (Joseph Priestley) Lawnmowers (Edwin Budding) Collapsible Baby Buggies (Owen Maclaren) This is highly debatable; The Daily Telegraph lists about 50 odd British Inventions which could easily have a good case made for it as "the most important". My top 4 is just an opinion.

[@brutallyhonest3529]

British started industrial revolution, largest empire, soccer (football), WWW, Calculus, Newton, etc. Greatest of all time.

[@nikkofish7105]

Please, can you make a video about the sd kfz 251 hanomag?

[@ksanbahlyngwa1998]

Yes please

[@csgoredux4979]

I love your videos they have taught me so much

[@shushshush1277]

Hello simple history love the channel

[@jiayi2650]

I think not only 4. Porcelain, tea, and silk are also important and unlikely to be invented by others.

[@brutallyhonest3529]

Guns too

[@linders2000]

Can you also do this for Dutch Inventions? I think they made a huge improvement on technology

[@dontquestionmyprofilepicpl4504]

Great video!😄

[@cristianperez-rz5qo]

I needed this video 4 months ago

[@Name-ke6sf]

Best invention in the US 1.) mcDonald 2.) burger king 3.) nukes 4.) guns

[@Hit69420]

Basically everything modern

[@jhengleone]

Trump

[@voltgaming2213]

@@Hit69420 no

[@dark_knight650]

Actually, China invented guns. Not America.

[@magnumjade45]

@@Hit69420 they all stole those modern ideas from europe, lol

[@arandomsamurai6288]

The 4 Greatest Inventions by France *1.They* *2.Shall* *3.Not* *4.Pass*

[@markant9534]

The French resistance movement during WW2.

[@Briselance]

@@markant9534 They still passed. But well, at least some tried to hinder them.

[@destrodevil6975]

*4.Pass*

[@markant9534]

@@destrodevil6975 4. The underground french resistance during WW2.

[@xertophilios3695]

4 great inventions by USA 1) People who can't point out countries in a world 2) Openly violating constitutional laws 3) Failing to control its alcohol addiction 4)Nearly nuking the world for some island

[@CheesyMcEasy280]

I get happy when u upload

[@Chris-jw8vm]

Just had a interesting thought. Before the compass was there any sort of universal custom when it came to map making or did many maps show east west or south at the top.

[@garrylo1752]

Astronomy and the north star. They looked at the skies for direction

[@MIMthegreat]

4 great inventions of USA: 1. McDonald's 2. Pornhub 3. Liberty 4. Burgers

[@bigchungus4349]

It doesn’t feel right that you didn’t tell me to get a copy of simple history.

[@zephyrgolem]

Perfect! Im just learning about them in class

[@main6974]

Great Video

[@JT3D_YT]

4 best inventions from Germany 1.MG42 2.Tiger tank 3.Luger 4. Flammenwerfer

[@MegaAlexanderiii]

communism

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

@@MegaAlexanderiii bruh why you gonna do him like this

[@giannis_toupolemou]

Chinese had flamethrower thousands of years before, back when germany was still tribes

[@easyalpha1]

…best German invention is Porsche!!!…

[@Reformamposss]

​@@easyalpha1best modern chinese invention is ...articial sun & moon...

[@Tyler-gd1ox]

Hope everyone’s having a good day! I’m ready for a awesome new video!

[@shaneboring877]

Hi I love your videos very much so good

[@grassytiger]

I really like these world history videos

[@NicholasJScott]

Whoever made paper should get ownership claim...HE BE RICH THESE DAYS

[@lminor7847]

lets be honest, simple history is legendary.

[@Smith6265]

Really who put the magnets on North Pole then? What makes a compass point north rather than South?

[@randomsu25noises911]

Love you videos

[@CEKROM]

Very usefull inventions =D

[@darkknightbatman8269]

Pls do ivan kozhedub one of the deadliest ww2 pilot's

[@chickenbone1629]

3 great things from Britain 3. America 2. Canada 1.QUEEN as the band

[@voongnz]

+ Cricket

[@brutallyhonest3529]

British invented the most in the entire world with their small population.

[@LineofBorax]

We have to watch this for world history and I couldn’t be happier. I watch these videos in my free time

[@BattalionCommanderMK]

Nice video.

[@MrFish-kg1cn]

Invention they shoulda made: -How not to break every few decades or centuries- Paper

[@Baconnoodles]

I learned this in my history class!!(btw your channel made me way smarter and inspired to join the army)

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Wix is lit thanks simple history

[@d2rg754]

Good vid

[@PIERCESTORM]

4 Great Inventions of Japan 1. Sushi 2. Japanese Swordmaking 3. Smartphones 4. Sending 1000 men at a machine gun because he won’t be able to escape the powers of Banzai

[@Username-or9nr]

PIERCESTORM PRODUCTIONS Anime

[@PIERCESTORM]

User name god no

[@grotty9850]

Who would have thought the Japanese invented Japanese sword making

[@user-qf3hf9ey8d]

Smartphones invented by Japanese?

[@robertkubrick3738]

Sorry, it was IBM or Nokia who invented smartphones, depending on who you ask. Commit Sepuku and I will accept your apology.

[@jjgaming4469]

Hey simple history please make a video about Louie zampperini thank you for reading this

[@andychen3473]

I love war tactics and military weapons. Can you do a video about world war 1 or 2 and significant battles or vehicle technologies of the time

[@glacier1253]

This should be a series on each countries 4 greatest inventions,

[@darkshado124]

The 4 great inventions of Japan 1: Anime 2: Hentai 3: Tentacles 4: Loli's

[@jorgenajar9407]

And the katana

[@jorgenajar9407]

@Douglas Costa no because japan used to use 2 sided chinese swords until a blacksmith and his son where inside making a sword for 7 days once they got out they had created the katana wich would then spread to all of japan an would continue to be use until the end of ww2 in japan

[@jorgenajar9407]

name tell me what is one of the most well know japanese weapon

[@jorgenajar9407]

@Douglas Costa it took you a month to respond

[@jonajo9757]

@@jorgenajar9407 No, no, technically the design of the katana..is confusing. Japan did have single edged swords back in the olden days, but kind of bore a resemblance to the katana, while others say that the katana mainly got its design from Tang dynasty china where you'd have the Tang dao. It's confusing.

[@synix4019]

(Not Real Just A fan) Made In China!

[@abrahamlincoln7907]

The #1invention The Simple History channel

[@robynbowers888]

Please do a video on the Memphis Belle

[@KowboyUSA]

Thank you for inventing paper, China. Now we're able to carry valuable paper in our pockets instead of worthless silver and gold ;)

[@giannis_toupolemou]

Also thank them for building your railroads

[@thathologuy8299]

4 Great things Germany invented 1: Fanta 2: Porsche 3: Coffee Filter 4: The idea of modern military strategies (obviously been improved though). Such as, instead of long firing lines, small groups of men and less artillery strategies were used.

[@helix1016]

what about Volkswagen?

[@thathologuy8299]

@@helix1016 I like Porsche better.

[@adamirfan6986]

@@thathologuy8299 you mean car? instead of porsche....

[@user-xy4us1zb7i]

Hi, love your stuff. Could you do a video about heroic policemen/women?

[@handywijaya3689]

Please do a video about the Luftwaffe compass swing platform or what my German friend says,"navigationsdrehscheibe".I really didn't know how it works and what the purpose of it

[@Alan_One1]

Please do a video about the life of napoleon bonaparte.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Gunpowder is my favorite invention!

[@bowen1704]

Southern Gentleman Yee Haw! 🤠

[@SouthernGentleman]

R3cruit M4in ok

[@jeffthevomitguy1178]

@@SouthernGentleman #heritage

[@tonyb3059]

As an American I proudly say ME TOO

[@Wilson2005WAW]

The compass are one of my favourite thing to use.

[@vergil4411]

Hey simple history could you please do a video on Meuse- Aragon offensive of WW1

[@simulify8726]

4 great inventions of India 1-Zero 2-Chess 3-Yoga 4-Cataract Surgery

[@xXFMAroxXx]

Blender Geek wasn’t chess invented by china though?

[@brutallyhonest3529]

​@@xXFMAroxXx No.

[@vurhn2009]

The greatest invention of all time: *The Internet*

[@yi-vanstudenov464]

Wow what a coincidence we’re learning this in socials right now

[@redrexi5448]

4 great inventions of Finland: 1. Sauna 2. Nokia 3. Supercell & Rovio (Angry Birds, Clash of Clans...) 4. Molotov cocktail

[@pinochet3317]

Catgirls, SpaceX, Anime, Elon Musk

[@helix1016]

What about tesla? and creating a mecha?

[@canseidavidaedetudo8880]

China didn’t created anime and Elon Musk.

[@mtf_nine_tailed_fox385]

China's golden age: *Creates wonderful things* China's modern civilization: *COPY.PASTE.REPEAT*

[@koala_guest_rbx8344]

Since 1842

[@VashtheStampede007]

Diabetes medication was invented by the Chinese.

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

thanks mao!

[@jiaerui1680]

great video! love the vids on china!

[@jolietrails]

Could you make a video on some tanks from War Thunder? Awesome video as always.

[@matthewskudzienski888]

I like gunpowder for the Chinese soldiers in the 9th century

[@Username-or9nr]

The 4 great inventions of México 1.Tacos 2.Tamales 3. Enchiladas 4.Chicle

[@tonyb3059]

Torta and Mexican fruit punch

[@Meme-o-Taur]

A video for my birthday!

[@zandango9810]

Happy birthday!

[@finchi55]

You Guys should really Do videos on the Industrial Revolution and Machining!