Ancient China and the Compass
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- Did you know that the first compasses were used for physical direction, and figurative direction?
- In Ancient China, compasses were first used for fortune telling and worship.
- Then, in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, sailors adopted the compass for navigation.
- The compass truly impacted the ancient Chinese society because it made navigation simple.
- And with that finding and claiming new land was easy, making their nation bigger.
- They also had a central pool of water with needles used to tell physical direction through magnetism.
- Typically ancient compasses had writing on them with deep spiritual meaning which was often used for more figurative direction
- Overall, the compass is a great invention that helped not only ancient China but many other societies as well.
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- The compass truly impacted the ancient Chinese society because with it, navigation became simple.
- This invention was key for the ancient Chinese society because it made navigation so much easier.
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