Materials · c. 100 CE

Porcelain

Kaolin fired at about 1300 C gives hard, white, translucent ware.

True porcelain was developed in China by the Eastern Han dynasty, 25 to 220 CE. It became a major export and Europe could not reproduce it until 1708.

See it in the living tree Wikipedia

Arcs above join it to what it stood on, arcs below to what it led to. The bar places this stretch on the tree's whole timeline.

What it built on 1

Potter's wheel 4500 BCE

Related measurements

The dashed line marks when it first worked.

World trade as a share of GDP since 1500 Latest: 1950-now (PWT): 57.8 % of GDP (2023) Source: Our World in Data