What were some of the other Chinese inventions of this period that had a profound influence on the course of civilization? Yates: Gunpowder completely transformed the way wars were waged and ...

China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole ...

But you can always reload great grandpa’s musket with some homemade gunpowder. All kidding aside, the invention and proliferation of gunpowder had a profound effect on the world. Here you can ...

It’s nothing short of incredible how weapons technology has evolved since the invention of gunpowder. The first ever firearms were nothing more bamboo shoots filled with gunpowder, loaded with ...

The 'Gunpowder Plot' was foiled at the eleventh hour, an event still celebrated annually on 5 November and named for the most famous of the conspirators - Guy Fawkes Night. But who was Guy Fawkes ...

The consequences for Guy Fawkes and the other plotters and how the events of 1605 are commemorated in present day Bonfire Night celebrations. Remember remember the 5th of November: gunpowder ...

The “gunpowder revolution,” Murray says, was a momentous event of the early modern period. Though invented in the East, gunpowder had only small-scale effects there. In Europe it spurred ...