This site from Logoi.com contains great information on the origins of Chinese writing. It covers such topics as: oracle bones, bronze inscriptions, and the beginnings of modern writing. This site is a great site to check out on the subject.

Take a virtual tour of the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, and learn about the history of writing in ancient civilizations, the invention of paper, the spread to Europe, the impact it had, how paper is made, the evolution of...

This site provides detailed information on the Chinese invention of block printing. Includes an image of the carved wood that was used in early Chinese printing.

This history note on gunpowder looks at the invention of gunpowder by the Chinese and its use against the Mongols in warfare.

A site for kids to learn about the legend of silk in Ancient Chinese history. Read about how silk is made and the story behind who invented the cloth from a silkworm cocoon.