Tang And Song Eras

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Some of the most relevant cultural and technological achievements were made during the Tang and Song eras, it was in this period of time that three of the four most important inventions of Chinese civilization were discovered and put into practice: In the Song period were discovered the compass, the printing press, and the black gunpowder. It should be noted that Bi Sheng invented the printing press 400 years earlier than the Europeans, his Song built the world 's first astronomical clock. Firearms began to be used extensively in military combat, and shipbuilding improved considerably, silk production, and porcelain crafts also flourished, in the twelfth century Song became the first government in the world to print their own paper money. The