A sweeping, richly detailed history that tells the fascinating story of how paper—the simple Chinese invention of two thousand years ago—wrapped itself around our world, humankind’s most momentous ideas imprinted on its surface. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in the transmission of knowledge and ideas, allowing religions, philosophies and propaganda to spread with ever greater ease. The first writing surface sufficiently cheap, portable and printable for books, pamphlets and journals to be mass-produced and distributed widely, paper opened the way for an unprecedented, ongoing dialogue between individuals and between communities across continents, oceans and time. The Paper Trail explores how the new substance was used to solidify social and political systems that influenced China even into our own time. We see how paper made possible the spread of the then new religions of Buddhism and Manichaeism into Japan, Korea and Vietnam . . . how it enabled theologians, scientists and artists to build the vast and signally intellectual empire of the Abbasid Caliphate and embed the Koran in popular culture . . . how paper was carried along the Silk Road by merchants and missionaries, finally reaching Europe in the late thirteenth century . . . and how, once established in Europe, along with the printing press, paper played an essential role in the three great foundations of Western modernity: the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution. Here is a dramatic, comprehensively researched, vividly written story populated by holy men and scholars, warriors and poets, rulers and ordinary men and women—an essential story brilliantly told in this luminous work of history.

The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention

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The Paper Trail is the two-millennia-long history of how a simple Chinese invention changed the course of human events. Tracing the emergence of paper from the imperial court of Han China to its subsequent journeys to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, through the empire of the Abbasid Caliphate and eventually, by way of the Silk Road, to Europe in the late thirteenth century, Alexander Monro shows how the medium allowed religions and revolutions, philosophies and propaganda to spread like never before. A sweeping, richly detailed, and vividly written tale populated by holy men and scholars, warriors and poets, rulers and ordinary men and women, here is the story not only of paper, but of human culture itself.

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History, Geography, and Statistics of British North America

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New Brunswick with a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is a fascinating exploration of the history and geography of three of Canada's most important provinces. From their earliest days to the present, this book examines the people, places, and events that have shaped the region and its culture. With detailed maps and illustrations, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Canadian history and geography. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

New Brunswick; With a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island: Their History, Civil Divisions, Geography, and Productions

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Traite D'Anatomie Comparee (1786)

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The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention

The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention

History, Geography, and Statistics of British North America

New Brunswick; With a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island: Their History, Civil Divisions, Geography, and Productions

Traite D'Anatomie Comparee (1786)

Traite D'Anatomie Comparee (1786)

Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, De Testibus Et De Semine In Variis Animalibus (1755) (Latin Edition)

History, Geography, and Statistics of British North America

History, Geography, and Statistics of British North America

Observations On The Different Kinds Of Small Pox (1818)