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The History of Communication

By decosta515
  • 305

    First wooden printing presses invented in China - symbols carved on a wooden block.

  • 400

    Papyrus rolls supplanted by Codex

  • 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

  • 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

  • 105 AD

    Ts'ai Lun invents paper made from cotton and other vegetable fibers

  • Jerome translates the Bible into Latin