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In early civilization, Sumerians engraved pictures on stones, glass, or ceramic. They used an engraved cylinder to roll pictures out onto clay. People used them as signatures, magic amulets, and jewlery. These stones are very important to history because they tell stories past civilizations and help historians in their work.
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Egyptian papyrus scrolls was essentially the first paper. Egyptians found papyrus plants, which were a great alternative to stone. Papyrus was used for thousands of years because it was so easy to carry around (especially compared to the heavy stones that had been used before).
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Sumarians used stylus's made of reed to ingrave words on wet clay slabs. The Sumarians dried the tablets in the sun if they wanted them to be reusable, because if you were to wet the slabs they could be recycled. Special slabs were fired in a kiln and because very hard and durable. These tablets are very important to history because they show what life was like in ancient times.
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The Phoenician Alphabet was formed so that people could easily track and record trades. This alphabet had no vowels, but it had 22 consanents. The alphabet looks like little pictures to us, but to ancient people they made enough sense not to need any vowels; people spoke the language so much that they knew what went in between the consanents without seeing it.
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The Gutenberg Press was one of the first printing presses.
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John Milton wrote a pamphlet called Aeropagitica. It "caused quite a stir", and many wanted it burned. Random fact about Milton: He married a seventeen year old girl when he was 35, and then on top of that he got BORED of her after ONE MONTH and sent her back to her parents! What a crazy man!!!!
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Publick Occurences only lasted one issue, but it was the first newspaper in America.
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The Saturday Evening Post was published once a week for quite some time, and then twice a week, then quarterly, and then finally only twice a month. So as you can see, it is not very consistent!!!
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"Freedman's Journal" was the first newspaper in America published by an African American. This newspaper was operated by a couple of black men in New York City. This newspaper got started when slavery ended, and it's purpose was to counter other racist newspapers.
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Websters Dictionaries are commonly used in classrooms, libraries, colleges, and more. They are the the most popular brand of dictionary, and it is no wonder why. Websters makes not only dictionaries, but thesauruses, translators, and lots more! And this is all thanks to Noah Webster, who published his very first dictionary at 70 years old.
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The very first Kodak camera, as pictured, was very different from the ones we see today.
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The Semetic Alphabet in Egypt was very similar to the Phoenician Alphabet. Each image symbolized a picture as well as a letter. This alphabet was based on the egyptian alphabet, but the symbols used are very different. -
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The founding of YouTube changed the media significantly. With YouTube, anyone can post videos online for public viewing. Now, you can learn anything and everything from watching YouTube videos! People use YouTube to express themselves, teach others, learn from others, get a laugh, listen to music, and more!
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Instargram is a popular social networking site that has permanently changed social media.
