Invention of woodblock printing
~700 · Event
Tang dynasty printers reproduce texts and images by inked carved blocks.
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Around 700
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)