HardHistory

"I was the first major book printed with movable type in the Western world. I contain the same words as thousands of handwritten copies before me, but I changed the world. What am I?"

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Answer: The Gutenberg Bible. The Gutenberg Bible, printed around 1455, was the first major book produced using movable metal type in Europe. It marked the beginning of mass communication and the democratisation of literacy.

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