Assertion: taoist alchemist | /r/CapableOf | continue to play major role
Facets:
value: in gunpowder development
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: While it was almost certainly not their intention to create a weapon of war, Taoist alchemists continued to play a major role in gunpowder development due to their experiments with sulfur and saltpeter involved in searching for eternal life and ways to transmute one material into another.