2006-12-10 06:39:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
It was called square blocks, where every character was carved onto a stamp. Then, they would just write by stamping characters, which was much faster than handwriting out every single character for multiple compies.
2006-12-10 08:48:40 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff Zhang (J-Z) 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
China developed the printing press, along with vaccination long before the west did. In the 1400s they were economically ahead of the rest of the world, controlling 80% of the worlds silver, but this lead was sabotaged by english opium dealers in the 1600s along with inflation cuased by an influx of silver from the new world. After dissappearing from the pages of my history books they resurface in the late 1800s.
THat doesn't make them great. Its history. There's no such thing as "good" or "bad". There's just what is and what isn't.
2006-12-10 06:44:08 · answer #2 · answered by IndigoShades 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It was woodblock printing. It's said the paper was also invented around 2nd century.
I don't get your meaning of "great". However, they could had left many historical events as a record before the invention of Gutenberg's printing system in 14th century. It has helped the historical study of the East Asia very much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing
http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/movtype.htm
2006-12-10 08:04:56 · answer #3 · answered by Joriental 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
China had and has a great culture.
2006-12-10 18:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by tatal_nostru2006 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, along with open-sugery, forensic tecniques, forks and knives, zeros and ones...such a long list.
2006-12-11 04:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by littlecommonsense 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-12-10 07:35:53 · answer #6 · answered by e_s_p 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋