Chinese Inventions: Matches
Ruben Mikaelyan Tanmay Khedekar
Questions
What?
Who?
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Backround of Matches
The first version of a match was invented in the year 577 AD by impoverished court ladies during a military siege, in the short-lived Chinese kingdom of the Northern Ch'i. But really, they were made by ascendant.There is no evidence of matches in Europe before 1530. The Chinese were using them for a thousand years before they arrived in Europe
Down below there is a video of Chinese inventions.
How it afects the people?
With matches people can now light things. Back then they used them to light canons, lanterns, etc. Even now if there is no electricty people use matches. Plus they can be stored for a long time.