Gunpowder on the Silk Road by Amara Khin Lizzie https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j Here is my Silk Road summative project en-us 2020-05-07 07:48:47 UTC 2025-04-11 21:02:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30e.png Ancient Chinese Gunpowder lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556679520 This is what gunpowder looked like during Silk Road times.]]> 2020-05-07 07:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556679520 Raw Materials lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556682658 During ancient times, gunpowder was made by using these raw materials:

1.  Charcoal
 2. Saltpeter (potassium nitrate)
 3. Sulfur]]> 2020-05-07 07:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556682658 Sources lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556694657
Gunpowder Video

The Invention of Gunpowder

History of Gunpowder: Gunpowder in ancient China
]]> 2020-05-07 08:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556694657 Ancient Chinese Gunpowder Making lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556707048 Here is a video about how gunpowder was invented, and why it was invented.]]> 2020-05-07 08:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556707048 How Was Gunpowder Made? lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556719032 During Silk Road times, gunpowder was made by mixing sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter.

Different countries had different methods of making gunpowder, but this was the method they used to make gunpowder in Ancient China.]]> 2020-05-07 08:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556719032 Where Did Gunpowder Come From? lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556749666 Gunpowder was invented in China during the mid-ninth century AD by early Chinese alchemists, who were trying to create a potion for immortality, but failed and created a flammable powder that burned down their houses. They called it “fire medicine” but then realized that it was the opposite of immortality because it killed people. ]]> 2020-05-07 08:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556749666 Who Had A Surplus? lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556764947 It was a surplus in China because they created it and because in the beginning of the Silk Road, they were the only ones who knew how to make gunpowder. 

Although China invented gunpowder, a Korean scientist named “Chow Museon” created weapons out of the gunpowder.]]> 2020-05-07 08:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556764947 Gunpowder On The Silk Road lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556790943 Gunpowder was traded all over the world.]]> 2020-05-07 08:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556790943 Where was Gunpowder Valued? lizzieamarakhin26 https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556822884 At the beginning of the Silk Road trade, gunpowder was valued mostly in Europe and Africa, because they and other countries didn’t know how to make gunpowder yet, but afterwards they learned how to make it.]]> 2020-05-07 08:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzieamarakhin26/tctly7l6pv18tv7j/wish/556822884