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   1 day ago · The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany c. 1439. [1] Western printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century, displacing the manuscript and block printing . In the Western world, the operation of a press ...

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   How did printing spread in Germany?

   • With Gutenberg's monopoly revoked, and the technology no longer secret, printing spread throughout Germany and beyond, diffused first by emigrating German printers, but soon also by foreign apprentices. In rapid succession, printing presses were set up in Central and Western Europe.

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   What was Gutenberg's first print work?

   • In the Western world, the operation of a press became synonymous with the enterprise of publishing and lent its name to a new branch of media, the "press" (see List of the oldest newspapers ). Gutenberg's first major print work was the 42-line Bible in Latin, printed probably between 1452 and 1454 in the German city of Mainz.

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   What was the first printing press in the Ottoman Empire?

   • First press for printing in the Arabic script established by Muslims in the Ottoman Empire, against opposition from the calligraphers and parts of the Ulama. It operated until 1742, producing altogether seventeen works, all of which were concerned with non-religious, utilitarian matters.

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   Which countries facilitated the spread of Gutenberg-style printing?

   • Germany and Italy were considered the two main centres of printing in terms of quantity and quality. The near-simultaneous discovery of sea routes to the West ( Christopher Columbus, 1492) and East ( Vasco da Gama, 1498) and the subsequent establishment of trade links greatly facilitated the global spread of Gutenberg-style printing.

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