The+Tang+Dynasty`s+Transportation+and+Weaponry

< Back __ Transportation and Weaponry __

**__ Transportation: __** Two main forms of transportation:

-developed advanced shipbuilding techniques (for the period) -__warships__ were gaining in popularity .......... - held 800+ people .......... - were 30 -110 meters tall .......... - made usage of the newly developed wheel-oars
 * Ships: **

- prominently horse drawn - advanced harnesses on the horses - double shafted - carried heavy loads - could carry 4-5 people at a time
 * Carts:**

__ **Weaponry** __

-**Gunpowder** ....... - invented during Mid-Tang Dynasty ....... - was first realized when charcoal was combined with saltpeter and sulfur ....... - correct formula (using nitre, sulphur, and carbon) was discovered soon after ....... - used in hand-grenades ....... - later made into ; rifles, rockets, flamethrowers

-**Grenades:** ....... - originally thrown by hand ....... - eventually thrown by catapults known as "fire cannons"

- foreign weapons were used predominantly - produced tools, similar to mirrors, that made use of redirecting heat from the sun, and starting fires

(Sources:) http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Tang/tang-tech.html  [|http://www.chinahistoryforum.org]  (Picture: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/lofiversion/index.php/t2462.html) <span class="wiki_link_ext">