One of the ironies of China's invention of gunpowder was that
A)they never figured out how to use it in weapons.
B)they seem not to have thought of it as a weapon at first, and then other peoples used it against them.
C)they believed the new invention would bring them great wealth, but the opposite happened.
D)it seemed the use of gunpowder was instrumental in helping the British, rather than the Chinese, to conquer India.
E)Europeans took their own gunpowder and used it against them in weapons.

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China initially used gunpowder for fireworks and ceremonial purposes, and it was later that other cultures adapted it for military use against them.

One of the Ironies of China's Invention of Gunpowder Was