it is a very big mystery????
2006-10-12 05:08:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The phonetians were the first to have an alphabet, 3500 BC, papyrus was the first paper, around 500 BC
In 100 AD the first bound books and the invention of paper, by Tsai Lun of China.
2006-10-12 05:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who Invented The Book
2016-10-03 04:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Ancient Egypt, papyrus (a form of paper made from the stems of the papyrus plant) was used for writing maybe as early as from First Dynasty, but first evidence is from the account books of King Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty (about 2400BC).Papyrus sheets were glued together to form a scroll. This custom gained widespread popularity in the Hellenistic and Roman world, although we have evidence that tree bark (Latin liber, from there also library) and other materials were also used. According to Herodotus, the Phoenicians brought writing and also papyrus to Greece around tenth or ninth century BC and so the Greek word for papyrus as writing material (biblion) and book (biblos) come from the Phoenician port town Byblos through which most of the papyrus was exported to Greece.
2006-10-12 06:35:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man invented books
2006-10-12 05:14:49 · answer #4 · answered by Miss M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Humankind invented the books.
Modern books are just possible because of Guttenberg and the print, but books existed for thousand of years, since mankind detected the need to keep memories of the past.
2006-10-12 05:35:56 · answer #5 · answered by mfacio 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hundreds of people contribute!
The Egyptians for the first papyrus scroll.
The Chinese for the first parchment in 100 A.D.
Sumerians for the first alphabet. (cuneiform)
Monks, I suppose, during the Dark Ages.
Johann Gutenberg invented the first printing press...would that be considered 'inventing' a book?
2006-10-12 05:47:52 · answer #6 · answered by : ) 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure but codices were popularised by the early christians, they weren't used very much before that. Things like the Egyptian 'Book of Coming [or Going] Forth By Day (Book of the Dead)' weren't really like books as we know now, but codices were completely different. I guess it depends how you define 'book' (ancient cultures used wax tablets bound together, this might to some people be counted as a book).
2006-10-12 05:25:39 · answer #7 · answered by Nikita21 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Egyptians were the first to use papyrus paper to make scrolls so books are probably derived from that invention.
2006-10-12 07:46:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no...no one invented books. what people did invent is letters, or in those times, they were symbols that stood for certain words. people began writing on cave walls, and scratching it out on clay. when paper was invented, words were written on paper, and then stuck together so they won't get lost. i don't really know where in this procces you would say that the books were actually invented.
2006-10-12 05:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by sportzgurl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am very glad that person did I love books but I dont know how invented them.
2006-10-12 05:16:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋