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Ep. 3 | The Four Great Inventions

The China History Podcast

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The History of Paper

Paper was invented during the second century BCE. The earliest paper is made from pounded and disintegrated hemp fibers. Paper's first uses were not for printing, but for clothing, wrapping,. toilet paper. Even the earliest form of what we know today is Kleenex. Now pick out some more interesting inventions brought to us by the Chinese.

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