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305
First wooden printing presses invented in China - symbols carved on a wooden block.
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400
Papyrus rolls supplanted by Codex
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14 AD Romans establish postal services.
because the timeline only allowes AD dates, a few dates had t be added in the title -
30 AD Wei Ch'ung uses bamboo as a writing surface
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37 AD Heliographs
37 AD first recorded use of mirrors to send messages by Roman Emperor Tiberius. Also messed up -
100 AD The Christian Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John are composed
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105 AD
Ts'ai Lun invents paper made from cotton and other vegetable fibers -
Jerome translates the Bible into Latin