HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Assembly lines for mass production of goods
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The internet for faster ways to communicate
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Electric trains for faster ways to trade
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Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press that used moveable type printing
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe. The printing revolution also contributed mightily to the Protestant Reformation that split apart the Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-2: -Johannes Gutenberg is known for having designed and built the first known mechanized printing press in Europe. In 1455 he used it to print the Gutenberg Bible, which is one of the earliest books in the world to be printed from movable type.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1436 Johaness Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, began designing a machine capable of producing pages of text at an incredible speed-a product that he hoped would offset losses from a failed attempt to sell metal mirrors.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the invention of the printing press help spread learning and Renaissance ideas? It made it possible to produce books cheaper, so that more people could afford them. This made reading more common and also spread new information.
Detailed explanation-5: -Renaissance–Printing and Thinking. From The Western Tradition series. When Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and, eventually, all over the world.