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Hieroglyphic Alphabet is used to represent ideas, objects, and symbols in a formalized writing system.
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Hieroglyphic Communication technology dates back more than 35,000 years to the Paleolithic Period.
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Rock painting during the Middle Stone Age mainly focused on human figures.
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The Greek word 'hieroglyphika' means 'sacred carved letters' related to religious and nature themes.
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Hieroglyphic pictures and symbols represent ideas but not objects in a formalized writing system.
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Block printing was mainly practiced during the Iron Age for communication purposes.
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The Rosetta Stone was written in three languages: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and Demotic.
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The Greek alphabet system was developed by the Romans around 3,000 B.C.
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Greek writing is done from right to left, similar to the Phoenicians.
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Cave paintings were primarily done using pencils and pens.
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Papermaking was mechanized in France in 1768 by the Fourdrinear Brothers.
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Tsai Lun, a Chinese court officer, is credited with the development of papermaking in the 14th and 15th centuries A.D.
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Wooden blocks were used for printing in the 15th century.
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Each wooden block represented multiple book pages.
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Johann Gutenberg was a German goldsmith who played a role in mechanized printing.
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The Guternberg Bible was published in the 14th century.
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Claude Garamond was known for pioneering type design and type casting.
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English printers in the 17-18th century imported type from England due to lack of local type foundries.
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William Caslon established the first type foundry in London.
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John Baskerville introduced dull-toned printing inks and rough surfaced paper.
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The Kodak Camera was introduced in 1888.
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The Kodak camera originally came with a 500 exposure roll film.
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The Polaroid Corporation introduced the first single-step Polaroid in 1947.
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