Eastern Han Dynasty paper found in Wuwei ... this paper is the most refined and oldest paper discovered to date. Before paper was invented, the ancient Chinese carved characters on pottery ...

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. During ... In 105, an official named Cai Lun invented a technique for making fine paper, which is considered to have been a revolution ...

A famous example of a Chinese invention that helped to transform the world is paper. Paper was invented during the Han dynasty, probably just at the time the Silk Road trade was beginning to flourish.