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identify three 8th century chinese inventions.
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three major inventions from 8th century china include primitive gunpowder, the abacus, and paper currency/money. gunpowder was created by combining several combustible ingredients and paper currency was used by merchants as a system of exchange. the abacus, which is a form of chinese mathematics, is the world’s oldest calculating device.
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