The invention of the compass promoted maritime undertakings, and its use soon spread to the Arab world, and thence to Europe. China's four great ancient inventions made tremendous contributions to ...

Often, the Big Dipper (Great Bear ... used the divining board and compass in court to affirm his right to the throne. Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used ...

BEIJING, June 9. /PRNewswire/ From the compass, papermaking, printing and gunpowder - the four great inventions of ancient China - to manned submersible Jiaolong, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge ...