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He invented the printing press. The mass production of literature using his press effectively led Europe out of the Dark Ages. In turn it lead to the Renaissance. Without his invention many of the cultural feats world have been impossible especially the ones involving literature.

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Gutenberg is credited with inventing printing. Actually we do not really know precisely what he invented, though it might have been the mold used for casting type of uniform height. One way or the other, he invented the last thing needed to do letterpress printing, the type used for making books.

The first books he produced were a good deal less expensive than what had been made before his time. Prior to Gutenberg, the cost of buying a Bible was a large fraction of what it cost to build a church. This was because the Bibles had to be produced by hand, entirely written out by scribes.

By the time the 15th century ended, the cost of printed books was so low that just about anyone with an and a strong desire to own a book could do so. This meant that all sorts of people were able to read. Ideas about science, geography, and politics were distributed widely, among people who depended on word of mouth only a generation earlier. For this reason, Gutenberg's invention was one of the important things that distinguished the Renaissance from the Middle Ages.

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Johannes Gutenberg created the print and press which help produced a lot of books. Since they were easier to make they became cheaper to. Soon people learned to read and write it also created an interest in Humanism.

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an early printing press

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Printing and unicorns

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