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Cultural Selection: Elements of Exchange Reflected in Early Printed Texts from the Silk Roads, such as the 'Diamond Sutra'


Cultural Selection: Elements of Exchange Reflected in Early Printed Texts from the Silk Roads, such as the ‘Diamond Sutra’
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Although occurring at a radically different time in human history, the invention of printing technology was potentially as far reaching and influential as the invention of the wheel. While the wheel improved the ease and speed of transporting people and goods, the invention of the various forms of printing culminating in the Gutenberg Printing Press in the 15th century CE facilitated the rapid and efficient movement of knowledge and ideas. Indeed, combined with the earlier introduction of paper making, printing was one of the most important technological advances in terms of knowledge development and dissemination along the Silk Roads. In particular, printing had profound implications for exchange and knowledge transfer as well as the way in which we engage with texts in general.   ....

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