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Clink on the link to go to the Google Customized Search Engine on Chinese Inventions.
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=003792100115913542655%3Aqnwdef9xk4u
CHINESE INVENTION PATHFINDER
ACUPUNCTURE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture
ABUCUS http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/history.html
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/abacus/abacus.html
COMPASS http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/compass2.html
http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/compass.htm

GUNPOWDER/FIREWORKS http://www.silk-road.com/artl/gun.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_gunpowder
http://tinyurl.com/2978gr
KITE http://www.chinavista.com/experience/kite/kite.html
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/kites.htm
MEDICINE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture
PAPERhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/papermoney.shtml
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/papermaking.shtml
http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/paper.htm
http://www.ricet.net/paper/paper2.htm
PRINTING http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/blockprint.htm
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/printing.shtml
http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/movtype.htm
PORCELAIN http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/porcelain.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_porcelain
RUDDER – JUNK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_(ship)

http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00450/chinesejunk.htm
SILK http://www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml
http://tinyurl.com/ytvdz9
TEA http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/2004vol2num1/tea.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tea_in_China
WHEELBARROW http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelbarrow
http://tinyurl.com/29wqxw

PAPER, PRINTING, COMPASS, GUNPOWDER
http://casp.us/justin/china/index.html
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/info/current/inventions.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/15618/inventor.htm#INDEX & SILK
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/focus/inventions.htm
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/chinese_inventions.html
http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/ancient_china/inventions/index.shtml & SILK
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/chinahist/han.html
CHINESE INVENTION PAGE — SILK, [...]

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c. Click on “Biography Resource Center”
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1. BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER (InfoTrac) http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fres89581

a. Enter password: see the whiteboard or handout for this information
b. Click on the “proceed” button
c. Click on “Biography Resource Center”
d. Enter the last name of your person, click on “start of last name” button
e. Click the “Search” button
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