printing press: References & Edit History

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Media added. Aug 25, 2026
Invalidated site: International Journal for Innovative Engineering and Management Research - "Impact of the Printing Press: Revolutionizing Communication in the Renaissance". Jul 21, 2026
Add new Web site: Open Education Alberta - Media History in Canada - The Printing Press. Jun 08, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - The Forum - First Impressions: The Printing Press. Dec 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Open Education Alberta - Media History in Canada - The Printing Press. Oct 28, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Canberra Afternoons - Media heritage: Preserving printing presses, typewriters and the printed word. Sep 06, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - The Forum - First impressions: The printing press. Jul 26, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Science and Research - From Gutenberg to the Industrial Revolution Transformations in Printing and Their Social Impact (PDF). Jun 11, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 20, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal for Innovative Engineering and Management Research - "Impact of the Printing Press: Revolutionizing Communication in the Renaissance". Nov 18, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Colorado Denver - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Johannes Gutenberg�s Printing Press: A Revolution In The Making. Sep 10, 2024
Add new Web site: PressbooksOER - Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy - How the Printing Press Helped in Shaping the Future. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - The Printing Press. Oct 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - History of printing press 3000 BC and earlier. Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - The Printing Press and the Protestant Reformation. Sep 19, 2022
Add new Web site: American History Central - Compromise of 1850. Apr 03, 2022
Rearranged media. Oct 01, 2021
Oldest extant book printed from movable type noted, and more details about the history of printing in China, Korea, and Europe added. Sep 29, 2021
Media added. Aug 21, 2019
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Johannes Gutenberg and His Revolutionary Printing Press. Apr 27, 2018
Video describing the history of the printing press added. Apr 07, 2017
Media added. Apr 03, 2017
Article revised. Apr 03, 2017
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Who Invented the Printing Press? Mar 23, 2016
Added video. Dec 11, 2015
Add new Web site: History World - History of Printing. Sep 20, 2015
Added new Web site: Ideafinder - Printing Press. Jul 14, 2008
Added new Web site: University of California, San Diego - Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: The Printing Press and a Changing World. Jul 14, 2008
Added new Web site: The History Guide - The Printing Press. Jun 02, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 22, 2005
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