Inventions During The Han Dynasty

There were Lots of inventions created during the Han dynasty in Ancient China from 206 B.C to 220 A.D. and this is just one very important invention of the many more created.

Paper was invented in Ancient China during the Han dynasty around 105 A.D. Paper was made by being washed and soake in hemp waste water, and was then beaten to a pulp with a wooden mallet. Paper was used to record data and important events, usually by scribes and government officials at first, but soon was easily accesable by the public. Paper was created by a man named Cai Lun during the Han dynasty. Before the invention of paper data and important events were written on turtle shells, animal bones, gold stones, bamboo slips, wood and cloth.

chineseartnet.com  Paper reached the other parts of the world in 610 A.D when it reached Japan and was produced there, but paper was only used to record government records then. It was also spread to Korea in the 3rd century A.D and moved to India and Vietnam in the beginning of the 6th century A.D. Yet it took around a thousand years to reach Europe, and didn't reach England until about 1490, some 1385 years after its invention. In the 16th century is when paper went global when is was being produced in America. Paper was a very small invention that is such a vital part of life but took a long time to spread throughout the world, but once it spread, it got much more popular and vital.

Paper has affected our lives in so many ways, wether we know it or not. In the past people have used it to write books and to record events and data. Today we use it so much more than in the past. Everyday we use it in school, at work, for projects, for maps, printers, worksheets, books, pretty much everything. We also need paper as much as we use it compared to ancient China where it was only used for recordings. Paper is something everyone use nowadays and we are needing it in abundance for our daily lives. Paper is possibly the most important invention ever.