Tag: history of Papier

3. Inscriptions done in bones and shells of turtle. China (3200 years)

These inscriptions are known by the name of bones oraculares. There are shells of turtle and bones of animals (mostly shoulder blades), in which inscriptions have been in the archaic Chinese writing. Most of the bones oraculares is dated on the last two hundred thirty years of the dynasty Shang, it does approximately three thousand […]

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I. Background. Discovery of writing in Mesopotamia (5280 years ago)

The history of paper is closely related to the development of writing, since the need of giving expression to this ability and spreading knowledge throughout humankind, along with its perpetuation in time provokes a search for tough, durable materials. These ones need to be light –to be easily transported- and reduced in size –to be […]

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