A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions. A compass is a very useful for people, especially for those, who are in the empty places without internet and modern things. In the ancient times people found the direction due to stars. Until some day some man in the China decided to create a tool for this.
A compass shows the directions north, south, east, and west. The compass was invented more than 2,000 years ago. The first compasses were made of lodestone in Han dynasty China between 300 and 200 BC.The compass was later used for navigation by the Song Dynasty. Later compasses were made of iron needles. Then compasses begin appearing around 1300 in Medieval Europe and the Islamic world. A compass is among the first Great Inventions in the world.