Sometime in the 800s AD, a Chinese alchemist wrote the first description of what he called "huo yao" or "fire medicine." This was the birth of a technology that some described as inhuman, devilish, satanic, like it was too wicked to be made by human hands - but no one could afford to ignore it. Because if they didn't invent it, someone else would. This is the global story of gunpowder and the gun, from its Chinese origins to the industrial revolution.

Sources: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-69-engines-of-hell

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Iron And Granite by Punch Deck | https://soundc ...