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Johannes Gutenberg in 1446 in Germany and it is important because it allowed books to be printed and let people read ideas and thoughts. Before the printing press people had to depend on information that was told to them because they couldn't read it for themselves. This was a major reason the Church was able to control the society and how people in thought.

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Printing presses existed before Gutenberg. Gutenberg revolutionized printing by developing a moveable type press, which made it cheaper and easier to print large numbers of books.

The first printed book (that is known about) dates back to the Tang Dynasty in China (618-906). Carved wooden blocks and ink were used. By 1423 Europe was printing using simple block printing methods.

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