1. How Should the Age of Discovery Be Remembered?

2. Why is the Printing Press significant in World History, and in particular, the Age of Discovery?

3. Prior to Printing Press
Power of Paper:
Invented 105 AD
Attributed to Chinese
Arrives in Europe by 1400 thanks to diffusion
Woodblock Printing:
Invented 600s AD
Letters carved on woodblocks
Could print entire page
Problems: 50,000 symbols and woods breaks easily
Woodblock Printing

4. The Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Revolution: 1455
German goldsmith
Good with metal
Crafted typesets out of metal
Printing Revolution:
1455
Gutenberg Bibles published by hundreds
Johannes Gutenberg

5. The Printing Press