Gunpowder revolutionised warfare by replacing traditional medieval weapons such as sharp and blunt

hand-held weapons, bows and arrows and large-scale slinging equipment such as trebyshese.

Eventually all would be replaced by guns, grenades, rockets and cannons as the preferred weapons of warfare.

But there was a long journey of evolution before they could be manufactured on a large scale and have the necessary quality to be relied upon.

At one time or another during this podcast series we have mentioned the greatest inventions that China gave to the world

the magnetic compass and paper originated in China.

The earliest printing innovations originated in China.

Alongside these three things,

China brought gunpowder to the world. The legacy of gunpowder weaponry

is demonstrated by Eurasian culture being seen in every corner of the world.

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Volume 4 The The Medieval World, Episode 76, Gunpowder. And the Welcome along everyone. Let's start this episode by looking at the origins of

gunpowder. The origins of gunpowder lie in experimental alchemy.

Alchemy was something practiced by the most academically advanced ancient societies. Humans were creating fire

from before the evolution of modern humans, but modern alchemy has advanced

significantly in the most recent 2000 years, in Europe, the Middle East and the

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