Question

how people communicate before prenting press

Answer 1

Before the invention of the printing press, people relied mostly on speech and hand-written messages to communicate.

Answer 2

Before the invention of the printing press, people relied mostly on speech and hand-written messages to communicate. The printing press revolutionized the movement of information and expanded the number of people receiving news. Johann Gutenberg, a German jeweler, goldsmith and metallurgist, invented the movable-type press in 1448. The debt-ridden entrepreneur turned to printing bibles using a wine press with metal block letters and ink he created through experimenting with different formulas. Other inventors developed movable print presses in China and the Netherlands, but Gutenberg and his partner Johann Fust operated the first successful press business using the new technique.Communication before the printing press remained local, and common people relied on word of mouth to transfer important information. Few people traveled outside the village and information delivery relied on outside visitors arriving with news. Researchers link the invention of the printing press to the Reformation, the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution. The circulation of printed materials produced on the new press put common people in contact with ideas and information in a way that was unprecedented.