My name is Jack Zhao, I am a master thief that had just stolen one of Big Era fives greatest objects. The reason I’m blogging this is to tell the world why I’d stolen the printing press; an object that relates to Big Era Five through cultural exchange through essential questions and key themes. The printing press relates to Big Era Five through cultural exchange by humans and humans which then interacts with spiritual arts and moral codes. I must go now, if I get caught, you must understand why I’d stolen this valuable object.
“The printing press invented by German goldsmith Johann Gutenberg in 1448 has been called one of the most important inventions in the history of humankind. The device made it possible for the first time for the common man, woman and child to have access to books, which meant they would for the first time have unprecedented ability to accumulate knowledge.ght; you must understand why I’d stolen this valuable object” (Lemelson-mit). After the invention, the first mass produced books was produced by a man named Johann Fust who practically started the cultural exchange through humans and humans and then stimulated spiritual arts and moral codes.
The reason why this object relates to Big Era Five is through cultural exchange primarily after Johann Fust prints the bible. This is because with the mass production of bibles, more common classes of humans are then allowed to learn and buy these printed copies of manufactured articles. In this sense, these common classes are learning about the bible because it’s now more efficient to manufacture this. An example of this in play is that before scholars needed to hand write items making these books more sentimentally valuable. Now, because of this new interaction with books, people could then learn about a particular religion (via stimulating spiritual arts and moral codes). Therefore there are more commonalities where people could learn from each other through these books and connect through humans and humans. This then relates to cultural exchange through big era five because essential questions and key themes are being expressed.
The reason why this object relates to Big Era Five is through cultural exchange primarily after Johann Fust prints the bible. This is because with the mass production of bibles, more common classes of humans are then allowed to learn and buy these printed copies of manufactured articles. In this sense, these common classes are learning about the bible because it’s now more efficient to manufacture this. An example of this in play is that before scholars needed to hand write items making these books more sentimentally valuable. Now, because of this new interaction with books, people could then learn about a particular religion (via stimulating spiritual arts and moral codes). Therefore there are more commonalities where people could learn from each other through these books and connect through humans and humans. This then relates to cultural exchange through big era five because essential questions and key themes are being expressed.
The printing press also affects society and provides advances for the world’s future. It impacts society because of the mass production of books, articles, etc. People (even commoners) are now able to educate, express religious ideas, and advance technologies more efficiently. An example through cultures is, “at the height of the Hussite crisis in the early 1400's, when the authorities ordered 200 manuscripts of heretical writings burned, people on both sides realized quite well the significance of that act. Two hundred handwritten manuscripts would be hard to replace. Not only would it be a time consuming job, but also trained scribes would be hard to find. After all, most of them worked for the Church, and it seemed unlikely that the Church would loan out its scribes to copy the works of heretics. There was no mass media, such as the printing press to spread the word. A century later, all that had changed” (flowofhistory). This is why the printing press is so important, because it affects Big Era Five through cultural exchange.
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