First, I would like to talk about the events that would not have happened if not for the invention of explosives. It all started when some alchemists in ancient Asia, most likely China, stumbled onto a combination of materials that produced an explosive compound. It was made of saltpeter and sulfur and would be called gunpowder or black-powder as it is commonly known. They used their compound at first only for pleasure in firecrackers, but later developed weapons in what would start gunpowder's mark on history and the future of so many people.

Now, without the invention of gunpowder our history would greatly change. There would be no rifles, pistols, or artillery pieces for warfare. There would also be no fireworks for us to enjoy on our Fourth of July celebrations, but would we have a Fourth of July celebration without the invention of gunpowder? We fought the Revolutionary War when

As you can see from what I have stated in these few paragraphs, explosives have simply rewritten the course of history. The few things that I mentioned would cause our world, to us, to be upside down. We would be lost without these few inventions and discoveries that we have depended upon so much over the course of recent history. Explosives are and always will be the one thing that has made the greatest, most incomparably staggering mark on history and everything associated with it.

Now, let us consider what really did happen in the history of the world because of these few inventions over the course of time. It has caused many technological advances and improvements, but also the death of an immeasurable amount of people. These inventions that we call explosives have left more of a mark on history than any other person or thing. They are the root of nearly every major event in history. It is war. There has yet to be something comparable and most likely there never will be.

The invention of dynamite was not as much related to warfare as other explosives have been. Dynamite is an excellent explosive to use in mining or tunneling because it detonates slowly. Mining and tunneling are, of course, dynamites main uses, although it was used for military purposes before the invention of TNT. Dynamite has built us many improved roadways and mined us immeasurable amounts of resources throughout the world. Coal is one of these, and one of the main fuels used to make electricity. Dynamite has given us much more than this though; it has given us places to go and a way to get there. Dynamite has changed our world.

gunpowder was the only explosive known to man, yet there may not have been any of us on this continent either. The Native Americans could have easily defeated us without our rifles and we would not even be here.

Explosives first started, as I have stated, in China with the invention of gunpowder. The Chinese first used this compound for fireworks but later decided to use it in military action. They filled bamboo tubes with the powder and the

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