1076 ⟶ Song Dynasty Establishes Gunpowder Ingredient Monopolies
the Chinese Song dynasty places strict government monopolies...
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📜 Wujing Zongyao Military Manuscript Completed
– The Wujing Zongyao military manuscript is completed by Chinese scholars Zeng Gongliang, Ding Du, and Yang Weide.⟶
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China💣 Song Dynasty Establishes Gunpowder Ingredient Monopolies
the Chinese Song dynasty places strict government monopolies over the production and distribution of sulfur and saltpetre, in order to curb the possibility of merchants selling gunpowder formula components to enemies such as the Tanguts and Khitans.⟶
Song DynastyGunpowderMilitary TechnologyWarfareMonopolyTradeMilitary Strategy
China⚔️ Jin Dynasty Declares War on the Song Dynasty
In November, the Jurchens of the Jin dynasty declare war on the Song dynasty, beginning the Jin–Song wars.⟶
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China⚔️ Jin Dynasty Conquest of Northern Song Territory
The Northern Song dynasty loses power over northern China to the Jin dynasty.⟶
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China💣 Song Dynasty Navy Defeats Jin Dynasty in Naval Battles
the Song dynasty Chinese navy, employing gunpowder bombs launched from trebuchets, defeats the enormous Jin dynasty navy in the East China Sea in the Battle of Tangdao and on the Yangtze River in the Battle of Caishi.⟶
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China💣 First Recorded Use of Land Mine in Warfare
Land mine in Song dynasty China: Textual evidence suggests that the first use of a Land mine in history is by a Song dynasty brigadier general known as Lou Qianxia, who uses an 'enormous bomb' (huo pao) to kill Mongol soldiers invading Guangxi in 1277.⟶
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