High Middle Ages · East Asia · Technology
1044
Wujing Zongyao military encyclopedia completed
1044
Song scholars Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du presented Emperor Renzong with a comprehensive military manual containing the first written formulas for gunpowder, descriptions of fire arrows and incendiary bombs, and detailed instructions for siege warfare and naval combat. The encyclopedia marked the moment gunpowder passed from alchemical secret to documented military technology available to any literate commander.
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Also in 1044 (3 other events on record)
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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