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Q: What was gunpowder first used for?
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When was gunpowder first used?

gunpowder was first used in 919 in china :]:):]:)when a war was going off !!!and they used gun powder to defend back :)


Who used gunpowder for weapons first?

China


Who was the first one to create gunpowder?

It is not possible to say who first invented gunpowder. It was certainly used by the Chinese long before the west


Which country first used gunpowder in rockets?

Great Britain


When did the Chinese first use gunpowder as a weapon?

919 A.D. They first used it for cannons


Why isn't the gunpowder ther by the great wall of china?

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.


How was gunpowder first used?

It was used to make fireworks, small bombs, explosives,firearms,and cannons .


Was gunpowder first used in europe?

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.


Where did European Explorers first used gunpowder to take enslaved captives?

European explorers began to use gunpowder in order to take slaves captive. This was first done on the continent of Africa.


Europeans explorers first used gunpowder to take enslaved captives where?

European explorers began to use gunpowder in order to take slaves captive. This was first done on the continent of Africa.


Was gunpowder first discovered in the Renaissance?

Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese and came to Europe by the 1200's. So, it was used well before the Renaissance.


The Mongols were the first to use gunpowder to?

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.