Compass, China, 220 BCE . by Susan Silverman AC. ... Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

Qian Xun is a direction marked on the ancient Chinese compass, and 15 gengs is about 150 nautical miles. ... wind directions and ocean currents for different times of the year.

Smithsonian’s ‘Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings’ is the first major U.S. show devoted to artifacts from the capital of the 3,000-year-old Shang Dynasty.

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.