The History of Writing Materials (In the Western World) By meowsterX3 30,000 BCE Cave wall drawings 2200 BCE Clay Tablets 800 BCE Wax Tablets 600 BCE Papyrus 300 BCE Vellum/Parchment 1000 Paper 1300 Woodcut Printmaking 1438 Printing Press 1980 Computers (widely used) 2000 Tablets 2007 iPhone