Gunpowder, commonly referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It is one of the Four Great Inventions of China and was first used for warfare around AD 904. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Gunpowder, commonly referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
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it was first used for warfare around AD 904.
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Gunpowder, referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
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is the earliest known chemical explosive
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