Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

We'll begin with arguably the most famous ancient Chinese invention. Legend has it that ... Where would we be without the compass? We'd be lost, that's where. Those of us who hike in the woods ...

China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole ...

The invention of the wheel was a transformative moment in human history, particularly ... relying on the stars. The Chinese created the first compass between the ninth and eleventh centuries.