In which country was printing pioneer Johannes Gutenberg born?
Correct answer: Germany
dolphinmn
come on people why so hostile. if you have nothing positive to add then just stop. this is something interesting to learn and look up and do research
Player Elf Counsel
Dynamo, It doesn't say he invented printing. Only that he was a pioneer of printing.
dolphinmn
Dynamo, what they mean is printing words into books instead of hand written
Dynamo
Gutenberg did not invent printing but he invented movable type. That means they could set up a page and print it 100 or 200 times. Then use the same characters to print another page. It was revolutionary.
Nannad
Probably the answer Germany
represents where his place of birth is to those who know nothing of Europes history and the changing faces of the countries within it. Not everyone knows everything
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toothless beachrat
I used to operate a Heidelberg Press in print shop, back in high school in the mid 70's.
Maestra
The accessibility of books led to literacy and education for the masses- what a wonderful gift!
Player #45505475
MOVEABLE type. And have a Xanax, please
slomogeo
dolphinmn, its about education and public distribution:like this game! adult education.
Player #2512936
My Family is from there! The Guttenberg Museum is very interesting. Theree are also Workshops to use The old presses. Stay right next door at The Zum Schwan. That place was built in The 1500's. A great place to stay.
Player #13531173
Player #10540720, Prussia also didn't exist at this time. during this period Mainz was a free city within the holy Roman empire.
Player #11357744
I touched Sweden
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UnintendedMenace5,......or nowadays to be mislead by bias propaganda.
Cons88
Funnily enough it was Clive Barker who taught me this, as it's a big part of his novel Mr B. Gone