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Woodblock printing was invented in the 7th century in Tang China. The prerequisite for economic printing is paper, and the tech tree for paper is reproducible
by samatman 5y ago
Woodblock printing was invented in the 7th century in Tang China.
The prerequisite for economic printing is paper, and the tech tree for paper is reproducible from Roman conditions. The production of vellum is measured in years, scribes were barely the limiting factor on text production.