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The printing press seems like it could have been invented 8,000 years ago easily

Why did it take so long?
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yeah no
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Why not? Ancients had letters/symbols, metal, ink, and paper...
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The paper Gutenberg used was made from cloth fibers. It was ...
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Are we talking a gutenberg type press or something equivalen...
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If they had cloth they could have made paper. You don't need...
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correct that you don't need trees. does not follow that ther...
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Early Roman Empire is probably the earliest for something re...
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Date: July 14th, 2026 12:40 AM
Author: ruby ticket booth

Why did it take so long?

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Date: July 14th, 2026 2:29 AM
Author: amber supple school

Fraud

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Date: July 14th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: passionate pearly public bath pistol



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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:38 AM
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Date: July 14th, 2026 12:42 AM
Author: purple swashbuckling step-uncle's house

Superior anglo culture bro

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Date: July 14th, 2026 1:32 AM
Author: violet den sneaky criminal



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Date: July 14th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: Adventurous nowag



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Date: July 14th, 2026 12:49 AM
Author: Insane set

yeah no

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Date: July 14th, 2026 1:25 AM
Author: passionate pearly public bath pistol

Why not? Ancients had letters/symbols, metal, ink, and paper-like stuff.

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Date: July 14th, 2026 1:34 AM
Author: ruby ticket booth

The paper Gutenberg used was made from cloth fibers. It was stupid easy. He got the idea for the machine from looking at German wine presses

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Date: July 14th, 2026 1:37 AM
Author: Insane set

Are we talking a gutenberg type press or something equivalent to a stamp? 6000 BCE had people who could carve a design and repeatedly impress it into clay. Engraved stamp seals are known from the seventh millennium BCE. A press for mass producing written pages is a different thing and none of the shit needed existed. For instance you mention "paper-like stuff". The earliest known papyrus rolls are like maybe 3000 BCE. The type of ink that can be used for printing did not exist at all back then, in order for gutenberg to work it needed all kinds of innovations in oil based ink. The metal type needed was not realistic for the time (need standardization and repeatable castign). And also they didn't even having writing yet. Earliest full writing systems were like 3K BCE.

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Date: July 14th, 2026 1:39 AM
Author: ruby ticket booth

If they had cloth they could have made paper. You don't need trees

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Date: July 14th, 2026 1:46 AM
Author: Insane set

correct that you don't need trees. does not follow that therefore anyone who had cloth could easily have invented paper.

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Date: July 14th, 2026 1:53 AM
Author: Insane set

Early Roman Empire is probably the earliest for something recognizably like a printing press (50-200 AD). I think you could have had simple block printing a little earlier, like think a Roman or late-hellenistic workshop carving an entire page in relief on wood or another material, inked it and pressed papyrus on it. Mechanical page printing though, Early Roman empire. For movable metal type maybe late Roman Empire from 200-400 AD, but still unlikely. Roman metallurgy probably could produce the individual letter pieces. They definitely could cast bronze letters, but movable type is a lot harder than that. That's probably the absolute lower bound for something like a Gutenberg-like system. But still really unlikely. Would say 800-1200 AD is a good estimate for when it really became feasible.

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Date: July 14th, 2026 11:13 AM
Author: carmine doobsian corn cake

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Date: July 14th, 2026 10:41 AM
Author: thriller garnet point

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Date: July 14th, 2026 10:41 AM
Author: Green field multi-billionaire

Shoulda asked NSAM!

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Date: July 14th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: exhilarant temple



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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:28 PM
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:22 PM
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