<Ul> <Li> Compass </Li> <Li> Gunpowder </Li> <Li> Papermaking </Li> <Li> Printing </Li> </Ul> <P> These four discoveries had a large impact on the development of civilization throughout the world . However, some modern Chinese scholars have opined that other Chinese inventions were perhaps more sophisticated and had a greater impact on Chinese civilization--the Four Great Inventions serve merely to highlight the technological interaction between East and West . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History of science and technology in China </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Inventions <Ul> <Li> Four Great Inventions </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Discoveries </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> By subject </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mathematics </Li> <Li> Astronomy </Li> <Li> Calendar </Li> <Li> Units of measurement </Li> <Li> Cartography </Li> <Li> Geography </Li> <Li> Printing </Li> <Li> Ceramics </Li> <Li> Metallurgy </Li> <Li> Coinage </Li> <Li> Chinese Alchemy </Li> <Li> Traditional medicine <Ul> <Li> herbology </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Agriculture <Ul> <Li> Sericulture </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Silk industry </Li> <Li> Architecture <Ul> <Li> Classic gardens </Li> <Li> Bridges </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Transport <Ul> <Li> Navigation </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Military <Ul> <Li> Navy </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> By era </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Han </Li> <Li> Tang </Li> <Li> Song </Li> <Li> Yuan </Li> <Li> People's Republic <Ul> <Li> Agriculture </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> History of science and technology in China </Th> </Tr>

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