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What were the historic influences of chinese tea, printing, paper, gunpowder, and the compass?

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Tea was not only used as a beverage but also for medicinal purposes, paper and printing allowed for record keeping and communication, gunpowder was used as a propellant in firearms and explosives during warfare, and the compass allowed people to navigate on journeys.
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