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Period: 300 to Aug 30, 600
From Scroll to Codex
*300 A.D.-6th Century "Enabled by the shift from papyrus to parchment to paper". The folded codex gradually overtook the rolled scroll as the chosen way of printing and transporting text. -
Period: 401 to 500
Engelsing and The Communications balance
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Aug 30, 1440
The Johannes Gutenberg Printing Press
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The Scientific Revloution
For the first time in history the scientific revolution offered readers the oppertunity to read identical text, bridging the gaps of a highly fragmented Europe and creating a sense of community. -
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The Industrial Revolution
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Walter Benjamin and New Media
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The Digital Age
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10 Reading Revolutions Before E-Books
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An Alphabet is Born
*800 B.C.
*No particular date is available The Greeks, pulling from prior civilizations invent a standardized alphabet that united and minimized communication issues between cultures.