The Story of the Book
Today, we take for granted the existence
of books as well as our ability to read
them. The story of the book can help us
appreciate how knowledge has spread
over the past 5,000 years.
The first system of writing developed
around 3500 BCE in the Middle East
People used the triangular point of a stick
to press marks into thick tablets of wet
clay. Around 2600 BCE Egyptians created
a much lighter material on which they
wrote, using ink. They cut thin strips from
which main message can be drawn from
the passage?
Several people must work together in order to
produce written texts.
The invention of paper was the greatest
achievement in book production.
More people had access to information as
book production methods improved
The development of books on computers will
be the last form that books take