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The Chinese came up with it many many years before Pascal did.
The Chinese Zodiac was created many years ago by the Chinese people in 2637 BC. Therefore because it is 2011 the Chinese Zodiac was invented 3000 years ago today.
the Chinese writing was invented 5000 years ago
The Chinese calendar repeats after 12 years.
To say "I am ten years old" in Chinese, you can say "我十岁了" (wǒ shí suì le).
Good question. Initially, it may have been an accidental discovery. We cannot say for sure, since it was about 1000 years ago, and there are no records of the first discovery of it. We do know that is was used in fireworks and rockets before guns were created.
It's the same reason that people celebrate Easter or Christmas: it is their tradition. If you are Chinese or are interested in Chinese culture/traditions, you may celebrate Chinese New Year. It is just like westerners celebrating our new year except the Chinese choose to use a different date.
Before uranium discovery and before the 150 years long study of its properties the nuclear energy was nonexistent.
The space shuttle that replaced Challenger in 1991 was called Space Shuttle Endeavour. It was built as a replacement for Challenger after the tragic loss of the shuttle in 1986.
The Chinese came up with it many many years before Pascal did.
He didn't. The Chinese had kites a thousand years before he was born.
that question is very hard to answer but according to Chinese legend, Chinese boat sailors traveled to America the globe 1,000 years before Columbus had discovered America.
The Canary Islands were known to the Europeans for many years before Columbus. He had nothing to do with their discovery.
1502, 10 years before Christopher Columbuses discovery of the New World.
About 1534 by Jacques Cartier however Native Americans had visited them for hundreds of years before European discovery.
There is some evidence that the Vikings sailed to North America before Columbus and it is possible that the Chinese did too.
He didn't. He improved the design, but the Chinese flew rockets hundreds of years before him.