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HintIt's about how written words became widespread and their effect.Memory TipPrint = spread of words
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HintThink of elegant, artistic handwriting.Memory TipCalli-graphy: beautiful writing
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HintThe method involves wood and ink, not machines.Memory TipChina: hand-rubbed woodblocks
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HintGovernment control over knowledge dissemination.Memory TipImperial state = exam books
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HintPrint's audience grew beyond just government officials.Memory TipPrint for profit and pleasure
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HintThink of religious texts arriving from a neighboring country.Memory TipBuddhism brought print to Japan
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HintIt's a Japanese art style reflecting everyday life.Memory TipUkiyo: urban floating world
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HintAn explorer brought this technique to the West.Memory TipMarco Polo brought blocks
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HintAn expensive material for writing, not paper.Memory TipVellum = animal skin paper
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HintThese were the problems with books before printing presses.Memory TipSlow, costly, fragile
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HintHe's famous for inventing the first major printing machine.Memory TipGutenberg = printing press
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HintIt's the very first major book printed using movable type.Memory TipGutenberg's first book
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HintThis part applies pressure in a printing press.Memory TipPlaten flattens
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HintThis led to a huge increase in books and new ways of thinking.Memory TipPrinting changed everything
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HintThink of the person putting letters together.Memory TipCompositor: text arranger
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HintIt holds the arranged letters before printing.Memory TipGalley holds type
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HintMore people could now read books than ever before.Memory TipPrint = more readers
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HintBooks were listened to, not just read silently.Memory TipRead aloud, heard widely
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HintHow did new religious ideas spread quickly?Memory TipLuther + print = Reformation
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HintA major religious split in Europe.Memory TipChurch divided by print
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HintThe Church's method to control differing beliefs.Memory TipInquisition = heresy police
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HintThinking differently from religious doctrine.Memory TipHeresy: unauthorized belief
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HintA list of forbidden books.Memory TipChurch banned books
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HintImagine rule by a single, unchecked dictator.Memory TipDespot = absolute ruler
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HintPhilosophers used print to spread ideas of freedom and reason.Memory TipReason spread by print
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HintEveryone wanted to read!Memory TipDemand for books exploded
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HintSmall, cheap books for common people.Memory TipPenny pocket books
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HintA yearly book with useful daily facts.Memory TipAlmanac: yearly data
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HintThink of machines getting faster and better at printing.Memory TipPresses got powerful
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HintTraditional Indian books before printing.Memory TipManuscripts: costly, fragile