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History Matters: Bang-up Jobs

By David A. Fryxell Premium

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You might say that civilization has progressed, at least in part, by blowing up stuff. Not just competing civilizations, but also mine shafts, tunnels, roads and railways. For much of human history, these explosions relied on gunpowder, invented in China during the ninth-century Tang dynasty. Practical alternatives came along only in the 19th century, when View Website VIP Subscription

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