Chapter 1: The Invention of Paper

Type:

Book Chapter

Published:

2001

Publisher:

Yale University Press

Chapter 1: The Invention of PaperJonathan M. BloomPaper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic WorldHumans have been around for five million years. For 99.9 percent of that time, or until about five thousand years ago, they did not write at all. The invention of writing around 3000 B.C.E. transformed human society by enabling people to transmit greater quantities of knowledge more accurately across vast distances of space and time. In spite of the power of writing, however, or perhaps because of...AuthorJonathan M. BloomPublisherYale University PressCopyright© 2001 by Jonathan M. BloomRelated print edition pages: pp.17-45 https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00217.002 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20569Copy Chapter subject tags:Papermaking--HistoryTablets (Paleography)Manuscripts (Papyri)ParchmentChristian literature, Early

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