THE SPREAD OF PRINTING AND GUNPOWDER

PRINTING

• World's first movable type printing was invented and developed in China in 1041.
• In Europe the arrival of mechanical movable type printing came in 1300.
• Printing came to Arabic Egypt during the ninth-tenth century.
• Printing led to widespread literacy and access of knowledge due to the new ease of access.

GUNPOWDER

• Gunpowder was the first chemical explosive and propellant.
• The Chinese invented gunpowder in the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty.
• Gunpowder spread throughout Europe from Mongol conquests and the Silk Road.
• Arabs acquired knowledge of gunpowder some time after 1240, but before 1280.

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SPREAD OF GUNPOWDER AND PRINTING