Top 5 Reasons Why People Go Bankrupt. Loading the player... The bankruptcy statistics in America are alarming. The past few decades have seen a dramatic rise in the number of people who are unable to pay off their debts, and Congress has recently addressed the issue with legislation that makes it harder to qualify for this status. Following is a list of the most common causes of bankruptcy in America today.
The Sung Dynasty invented a form of the flamethrower, but the Byzantines already had one before them. All of this took place more than a millennium ago. Byzantines in 7th C â¦ and Chinese about 10th C depending on which version is regarded as a flame thrower.
The Chinese are credited with inventing the first gun. Leonardo Da Vinci was credited with making the first automatic lighting device, or real firearm. The Chinese had the first handguns, fire-spears and handcannons, technically known as guns with a canon lock.he first machine gun was the Defense Gun, invented by James Puckle in England in 1718. It was a single barrel flintlock gun with multiple revolving chambers. It was operated â¦ by a hand crank.