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Who invented the printing press?
Answer
Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press around 1440, a revolutionary technology that fundamentally transformed human civilization. Gutenberg's innovation combined several technologies—movable type, oil-based ink, and the printing press mechanism—to enable mass production of books. This invention democratized knowledge, accelerated the Scientific Revolution and Reformation, and created the modern publishing industry that continues to this day.
💡 Did you know?
Gutenberg's masterwork was the Gutenberg Bible (completed c. 1455), printed in only about 180 copies; surviving copies are worth millions today.
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- Caxton
- Aldus Manutius
- Laurentius Janszoon
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- printing
- renaissance
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