https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo My invention is paper money en-us 2018-04-13 17:33:38 UTC 2025-05-23 18:22:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251664542 My invention is paper money. Paper money was made by Tang Dynasty in China in 740 B.C.]]> 2018-04-13 17:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251664542 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251665139 They made paper money because their devalued coins were becoming too heavy to carry.]]> 2018-04-13 17:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251665139 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251667551 2018-04-13 17:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251667551 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251667977 They used paper money to buy kites, books, umbrellas, fans that were written or drawn on, paper windows, and a whole bunch of other things. They did also use it for clothing, early forms of silk, and shoes.]]> 2018-04-13 17:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251667977 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251668585 They made the paper money as an offshoot of the invention of block printing. Block printing is like stamping. Some people used the process for quilts, but the government made ready use of it in printing money.]]> 2018-04-13 17:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251668585 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251668929 Tang people had it easier once they had paper money. Its light, fold able, and potentially worth a lot more, and takes less effort to make than many earlier systems.]]> 2018-04-13 17:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251668929 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251669332 While it took another century or two for paper money to spread to the rest of the world, China was already going through a fairly advanced financial crisis: the production of paper notes had grown until their value plummeted, prompting inflation to soar. As a result, China eliminated paper money entirely in 1455 and wouldn't adopt it again for several hundred years.]]> 2018-04-13 17:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/251669332 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/253107390 2018-04-18 17:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/253107390 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/253107573 2018-04-18 17:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/253107573 0506053 https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/253107817 Chinese paper money changed the Tang's peoples lives. In the article Middle Age Technologies Paper Money it says "Tang people had it easier once they had paper money. It's light, fold able, and potentially worth a lot more, and takes less effort to make than many earlier systems."]]> 2018-04-18 17:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/0506053/g47zhydjyxmo/wish/253107817