Books (EXAM 1) Flashcards

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Spoken language dates back _________.

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40,000 years

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Form of writing more formalized than a pictograph

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ideograph

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Egyptians made this from reeds that grew along the Nile River

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Papyrus

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Site of the oldest known papyrus scroll found

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Hemaka’s tomb in Saqqara

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The Chinese began making paper from

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Cotton and linen

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Created by the Romans in the 4th century

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Codex

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Oldest known illuminated manuscript

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the Book of Kells

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Illuminated manuscripts were written by priests and monks who were given the title ___________.

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scribes

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The period in which books were painstakingly lettered, decorated, and bound by hand

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Manuscript culture

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Oldest type of book found using block printing

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Diamond Sutra

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Movable type was invented by him

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Bi Shang

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Who is responsible for the Oxford English Dictionary?
Richard Trench