2018版高中英语外研版必修三：Unit5PeriodOne　IntroductionReadingandVocabulary.pptxVIP

Module 5　Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient ChinaAlong with silk and paper，gunpowder is another invention by Chinese and the Silk Road helped it spread to the West.The dating of gunpowder is as early as 850 AD.The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks and for signal flares.Gunpowder was also thought to have been used in medicine and in alchemy(炼金术).This invention seems to have been discovered in China by accident—by alchemists when doing experiments.话题导入 The gunpowder used for military purpose was first recorded in 919 AD.By the 11th century，explosive bombs filled with gunpowd