Paper Money: China, Ninth Century CE. Its original name was 'flying money' because it was so ... the earth as a sphere with nine continents and introduced the crisscrossing grid of latitude and ...

Here are 10 of the greatest early Chinese inventions, in no particular order ... developing the first paper money [source: Guinness World Records]. Anybody who loves a good bowl of pasta e ...

Paper money was called "flying money" because it was so light compared with metal coins that it could blow away in the wind. They spread oil on paper and made waterproof umbrellas. They glued it to ...