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Johannes Gutenberg... Looking into the Future?

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Johannes Gutenberg... Looking into the Future?

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Johannes Gutenberg created the printing press during the Italian Renaissance, this changed the world forever.

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It took over a year to hand-write a copy of a book. The printing press sped this up by days! The world would have been a less advanced place if it weren't for the printing press!

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Gutenberg created the printing press by combining block printing from China and the press used for making wine and olive oil.

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The printing press was a huge accomplishment, but the Chinese had actually made something like the printing press before. They used wooden blocks to rub on ink. It was even movable!

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By 1500, printing shops were in every major city in Europe. More than 8 million books had been printed with the printing press. What an advancement!

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How would you feel if your friend got a copy of the best book of the year, but because of how long it takes to copy a book, you didn't? Not too good, that's what it would be like without the printing press being invented.

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The printing press gave us some of the greatest accomplishments in the world and was part of how the Renaissance started! Without the Renaissance, who knows what this world would be like.

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Without the printing press, we would have never been so far in technology. We might not even have books today if it weren't for the printing press!

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Without the printing press, more than half the people in this world might not even be able to read! Since books took so long and were difficult to copy, only monks and high ranked priests had access to books.

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No one likes handwriting something thousands of times. Especially not if it is 300 pages. We would've had to write everything down multiple times and no one likes that!