The earliest books were written on tablets of wood or pieces of bark.
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The earliest books were written on tablets of wood or pieces of bark.

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In Greece and Rome the tablets were covered with wax and writing was impressed upon them with a small stick called “stylus”.

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The tablets were held together with strips of leather or metal rings.

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In Assyria and Babylonia writing was drawn on clay tablets.

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The earliest books of ancient world were written on papyrus and skins of young animals.

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These writings are known as VOLUMEN.

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The secret of papermaking was found in China in the first century.

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Books were quite common in ancient Rome: The first public library was founded there.

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Only the rich could buy books or make their slaves copy them.

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By the time of the Middle Ages all books were handwritten and beautifully decorated.

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Libraries used to chain books to the shelves so that they could not be removed from the building.

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The first people to invent printing were the Chinese.

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The best –known European printers are Johann Gutenberg in Germany, …

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… William Caxton in England …

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… and Ivan Fyodorov in Russia.

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The more people could read the more books appeared. That led to opening more libraries.

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Now most countries have their own national libraries, for example, the British museum Library in London, …

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… the Library of Congress in the United States (which is the largest library with 90 million items), …