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The history of printing dates back to 3000 BCE with early forms like cylinder seals and block seals. Woodblock printing emerged in China during the Tang dynasty in the 7th century, leading to the production of the earliest known printed book, the Diamond Sutra, in 868. Movable type was invented in the 11th century but saw limited use, with significant developments in Korea by 1377.

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The history of printing dates back to 3000 BCE with early forms like cylinder seals and block seals. Woodblock printing emerged in China during the Tang dynasty in the 7th century, leading to the production of the earliest known printed book, the Diamond Sutra, in 868. Movable type was invented in the 11th century but saw limited use, with significant developments in Korea by 1377.

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Name: Prince Evan R.

Curib BS-Biology 1
Subject: Art Appreciation
Offering No: M027

The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-
Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in
clay tablets. Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints,
and cloth printing. Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock
printing for texts on paper originated in China by the 7th century during the Tang
dynasty, to the spread of book production and woodblock printing in other parts of
Asia such as Korea and Japan. The Chinese Buddhist Diamond Sutra, printed by
woodblock on 11 May 868, is the earliest known printed book with a precise publishing
date. Movable type was invented by Chinese artisan Bi Sheng in the 11th century during
the Song dynasty, but it received limited use compared to woodblock printing. However,
the use of copper movable types was documented in a Song-era book from 1193, and
the earliest printed paper money using movable metal type to print the identifying
codes were made in 1161.[1] The technology also spread outside China, with the oldest
extant printed book using metal movable type being the Jikji, printed in Korea in 1377
during the Goryeo era.

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