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when: 11 century ; year 1001 to 1100
Where: china
Who: wei boyang
How: the invention of gunpowder was made from 3 ingredients
1. Saltpeter (potassium nitrate)
2. Charcoal
3. Sulfer (S8)
What is the process of making gunpowder?
1. What you do first is you make each ingredient into a powder first separately
2. You then mix the powders together however there are specific percents of
the powder that you put in you put ~ 75% saltpeter - 15% charcoal - 10% sulfur
3. Then after mixing the gunpowder you should grind the ingredients together and
add some water this process is called incorporation
4. After making the gun powder leave it to dry and make sure it is pressed or
grinded up that way it can be made properly.
How did gunpowder change medieval society?
➔ First it changed medieval society by revolutionizing warfare making it way easier
by introducing guns cannons etc;
➔ Its also helped places all around the world with the silk road, in summary the
silk road was a road for trading the silk road, the reason why the silk road and
gunpowder connect is because people would use the silk road to trade for
gunpowder, this changed medieval society because then the many countries had
access to such a incredible ____________