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because the Chinese used it to print paper money.

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When was the printing block invented?

The printing block was invented in China around the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty. This early form of printing involved carving characters into wood blocks for reproduction.


Who invanted block printing?

The Chinese invented block printing. However, some say that the Koreans invented it, and the Chinese just improved it.


What kind kind of printing was invented by the tang Chinese?

Block printing.


What year was block printing invented?

Between the years 1438-1455


Who invented wood-block printing?

The Chinese created. Ching Chong.


Who are famous block printing artists?

Although ylindrical seals were used to imprint clay tablets in Mesopotamia as early as 3,000 BCE, actual block printing was estimated to officially have been invented sometime before 220 CE. Many believe that the Chinese invented block printing, some historians credit the Koreans for the original invention; the Chinese might have adapted the system from the Koreans.


What kinds of printing was invented by the Tang Chinese that made it possible for books to be made available to the masses?

The block printing press was invented by the Tang Chinese that made it possible for books to be made available to the masses.


What invention helped make literature more available and more popular in ancient China?

The Chinese invented both paper and the technique for book-binding.


Who invented the technique of block printing?

some one name brian kamoo invented block writing. He had 11 children and 3 wifes. his brothers name was brando kamoo and they live together


History of the printing press?

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440. He knew that wood block printing took a long time because you had to carve each letter. He invented a press with metal lettering, which was much easier to make once you had a mold.


Where was the first printing press?

Germany in the 1440s. Simpler methods using block printing had been used in China, but the mechanical press was only invented later in Europe.


Wood-block printing in china?

Well, woodblock printing wasn't actually invented there, but in china, the use and production boomed and raely gave the invention of typing started.