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  Communication
     
c. 3100 BC
 
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Writing is developed, at Sumer, as cuneiform script on clay tablets       
768
 
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The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm      
868
 
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The world's first known printed book, a Diamond Sutra, is commissioned by a Buddhist monk in honour of his parents       
c. 1050
 
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The concept of movable type for printing is pioneered in China, using fired clay, but it proves impractical       
c. 1050
 
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The rulers of Baghdad harness homing pigeons as postmen.      
c. 1380
 
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Koreans establish the first type foundry, casting movable type in bronze