http://booksandbiscuits.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/terracotta-warriors/ A student's perspective on books and publishing Tue, 19 May 2009 18:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://booksandbiscuits.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/terracotta-warriors/#comment-3 elladk Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:16:19 +0000 http://booksandbiscuits.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-3 Exactly! And they had invented a system to print books (in the chinese script!) from the C8th, when manuscript production in England was still a relatively new thing, although admittedly their method wasn't as commercially viable for mass production of books as Gutenberg's moveable type. Exactly! And they had invented a system to print books (in the chinese script!) from the C8th, when manuscript production in England was still a relatively new thing, although admittedly their method wasn’t as commercially viable for mass production of books as Gutenberg’s moveable type.

]]> http://booksandbiscuits.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/terracotta-warriors/#comment-2 Martin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:01:13 +0000 http://booksandbiscuits.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-2 Interestingly, China had civil service exams from the C7th, whilst we only implemented them at the end of the C19th. Interestingly, China had civil service exams from the C7th, whilst we only implemented them at the end of the C19th.

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