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Gunpowder was first developed by Chinese alchemists searching for medicines, and by the late Tang and Five Dynasties period its formula began to be adapted for war. The earliest recorded military uses, around the early 10th century, involved fire arrows and simple incendiary devices deployed against rival Chinese states and nomadic groups on China's borders. Under the Song dynasty, founded in 960, these weapons were developed and documented more systematically; the fire lance, a spear fitted with a tube shooting flame or projectiles, is clearly described only in later Song sources. Over the following centuries gunpowder weapons evolved into bombs, rockets, and firearms, spreading along trade routes to the Islamic world and Europe, where they transformed warfare and siege defense.
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First recorded use of gunpowder weapons in China is dated to 10th century.
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Gunpowder was first developed by Chinese alchemists searching for medicines, and by the late Tang and Five Dynasties period its formula began to be adapted for war. The earliest recorded military uses, around the early 10th century, involved fire arrows and simple incendiary devices deployed against rival Chinese states and nomadic groups on China's borders. Under the Song dynasty, founded in 960, these weapons were developed and documented more systematically; the fire lance, a spear fitted with a tube shooting flame or projectiles, is clearly described only in later Song sources. Over the following centuries gunpowder weapons evolved into bombs, rockets, and firearms, spreading along trade routes to the Islamic world and Europe, where they transformed warfare and siege defense.
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