Why is the movable metal type printing the greatest?
The world’s most famous news media, such as BBC, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Time Magazine reported that movable metal type printing was the greatest invention throughout the entire human history. For instance, in 1997, the Life Millennium which was published by Time-Life magazine reported 100 cases making world changed for last millennium. Time picked the invention of movable metal type printing as most important of the second millennium. All of these media recognize the contribution of movable metal type printing to civilization. This invention stimulated popularization of Information and provoked collapse of information-monopolizing class. Hence, Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the Great Rebellion took place. These great events in human history affected on present-day and civilization. How did the movable metal type printing influenced civilization? Before movable metal type printing invented, wooden block printing was the best met
