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1435 Guttenberg printed in first bible on his printing press in Germany. Before that books were hand made and illustrated by monks throughout Europe. As long as 8,000 years ago the ancient Greek had scrolls that were used as books. A large library complex was built over 5,000 years ago in Constantinople that contained centuries of books and scrolls, but this complex eventually burned and the world lost the knowledge contained there. The Romans used clay tablets and scrolls to keep records and today the Vatican library contains centuries of writings from throughout the history of man. From his earliest days man drew or recorded what he saw, hunted, and experienced.
Should you want to know how old the book in its now familiar form is - bound on one side, pages of equal size, written or printed on both sides - the answer is that the first books in that specific form date back to around the first century AD.
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