Assertion: borax | /r/ObjectUse | used in china
Facets:
value: from ad
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Borax, its mineral form then known as tincal, glazes were used in China from AD 300, and some crude borax reached the West, where the Perso-Arab alchemist Jābir ibn Hayyān apparently mentioned it in AD 700.
text: Though its name comes from the Middle East, borax has been used in ancient times in other places such as China and Medieval Europe.