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These four discoveries had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese civilization and a far-ranging global impact, however ) Karl Marx also commented that, "Gunpowder, the compass, and the printing press were the three great inventions which ushered in bourgeois society. Gunpowder blew up the knightly class, the compass discovered the world market and founded the colonies, and the printing press was the instrument of Protestantism and the regeneration of science in general; the most powerful lever for creating the intellectual prerequisites." ( Economic Manuscripts of 1861-63, ''Division of Labour and Mechanical Workshop. Tool and Machinery'' ) Although neither mentioned Papermaking specifically, it can be seen as a prerequisite to the development and widespread use of Print . |
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