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India and the Contemporary World II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who introduced hand-printing technology into Japan and when? | Buddhist missionaries from China introduced hand-printing technology into Japan around AD 768-770. |
| What is the oldest Japanese book? | The Diamond Sutra, printed in 868AD. |
| Talk about Marco Polo | Marco Polo was a great explorer who returned to Italy after many years of exploration in China. He introduced woodblock printing to Italy in this way. |
| What was vellum? | Vellum was a parchment made from the skin of animals. Luxury editions were still handwritten on very expensive vellum, meant for aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries which scoffed at printed books as cheap vulgarities. |
| From what year were books in China printed by rubbing paper against the inked surface of woodblocks? | AD 594 |
| when did Marco Polo return to Italy? | 1295 |
| By __________, woodblocks were being widely used in Europe to print textiles, playing cards, and religious pictures with simple, brief texts | early fifteenth century |
| When did Johann Gutenberg develop the first known printing press? | 1430's |
| How efficient was the press invented by Gutenberg? | he was able to print 180 copies of the bible in 3 years |
| In what time zone were printing presses set up in most of Europe? | 1450-1550 |
| in what year did Martin Luther write the ninety five theses | 1517 |
| From when was the index of Prohibited Books maintained? | 1558 |
| When was the children's press set up in France? | 1857 |
| When were the folk tales collected by the Grimm Brothers published in a collection? | 1812 |
| From what century had lending libraries been in existence? | seventeenth century |
| Who invented the cylindrical printing press? | Richard M Hoe of New York invented the cylindrical printing press by the mid nineteenth century, which was capable of printing up to 8000 sheets per hour. |
| when was the deoband seminary formed? | 1867, published thousands of fatwas |
| Who was Raja Ravi Varma? | He was a painter who produced images for mass circulation |
| who was Rashsundari Debi? | she was a young married girl who learned to read in the secrecy of her kitchen. She later wrote Amar Jiban, which was published in 1876 |
| List a few women reformers who created a great interest in women's lives and emotions | Jane Austen, The Bronte Sisters, and George Elliot |
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