to kill Eskimos in new guinea that had come to invade while searching for the fountain of youth circa 1200 bc
gunpowder was first used in 919 in china :]:):]:)when a war was going off !!!and they used gun powder to defend back :)
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It is not possible to say who first invented gunpowder. It was certainly used by the Chinese long before the west
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919 A.D. They first used it for cannons
I'm guessing you mean why it was not used for defense or weaponary. The answer is that the Chinese did not find a weaponary use for gunpowder, they used it mainly for fireworks. The Europeans were the first to use gunpowder for weapons.
It was used to make fireworks, small bombs, explosives,firearms,and cannons .
Actually, no. If my memory serves, the Mongolians were first to use gunpowder weaponry. The Europeans adopted this adaptation from them because of the Mongolians spanned an empire from East Asia to Eastern Europe. But I'm sure the Mongolians were the first to use gunpowder.
European explorers began to use gunpowder in order to take slaves captive. This was first done on the continent of Africa.
European explorers began to use gunpowder in order to take slaves captive. This was first done on the continent of Africa.
Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese and came to Europe by the 1200's. So, it was used well before the Renaissance.
No, the Chinese used gunpowder before the Mongols did. So did the Jurchens, who conquered northern China in the early 1100s. The Mongols undoubtedly acquired knowledge of gunpowder weapons from the Jurchens and the Chinese.