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Where I live, I have to have this conversation way too often with people. Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) Medieval Period (~1000 AD) (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Not a retcon at all! Though use of moveable type in China did continue past its inventor's death, it didn't acquire the same prominence or revolutionize printing the way that it did when invented in Europe.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    This reminds me how setting prints letter-by-letter was time consuming, so the printers had common words or even whole phrases ready too. It was called stereotype.

    In France they called it cliché...

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Well, TIL, still I think it really highlights that some ideas need specific circumstances to create an impact

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