Cai Lun, a member of the Chinese court, presented a piece of paper to the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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  • Period: 105 to

    Paper history

  • 200

    Western China and Tibet that indicate the paper was invented earlier.

  • 1000

    Paper was a revolutionary invention worldwide

  • 1200

    Some cultures would have carved into stone or bone, and others would have pressed stamps into clay and then dried or fired the tablets to preserve their words.

  • It is possible for a piece of paper to survive from ancient times to the present.

  • Humanity would be different if nobody had come up with the idea of paper.

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