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Printing press

Also known as printing

Printing is the mechanical reproduction of text and images. Woodblock printing developed in China under the Tang Dynasty, and Bi Sheng invented movable type around 1040 under the Song Dynasty, with printing spreading further under the Yuan Dynasty. Gutenberg's printing press, developed in the fifteenth century in the Holy Roman Empire, helped spread learning and the Reformation across Europe.

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