Home›Articles›Dating the first cannon: a Sichuan carving and three surviving gunsArticleDating the first cannon: a Sichuan carving and three surviving gunsArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnCannon, Inventions Well-attested SourcesCannon (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaEarly history: East AsiaQuote, Early history: East AsiaThe earliest known depiction of a cannon is a sculpture from the Dazu Rock Carvings in Sichuan dated to 1128, however, the earliest archaeological samples and textual accounts do not appear until the 13th century.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.