In past, what materials were used for writing ?
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Ancient writers wrote on a variety of other materials besides papyrus, including pottery, animal hides, wood, and even ancient paper. There was, to a certain extent, a progression over time from the use of papyrus to parchment and later, paper.
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pamphlets are used in ancient times.
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- A variety of materials were used in the past for writing. Clay and papyrus were used in the middle east. Wax tablets were uses in the Roman world for taking temporary notes, the wax could be heated up and melted to be reused. Slate was used by school children in the 19th century to practice writing on, as well as by teachers on blackboards.
- Birch bark was used by a number of people, Romans in Britain, medieval Russians, and ancient people of northern India to write letters and other texts. Palm leaves were used in India, and bambo and silk were used in China before paper. Parchment (leather) was used in late classical and medieval times in the west before paper replaced it. Paper, of course was also used since.ancient times in China and medieval times elsewhere.
- Stone and wood could also be written on, as well a sheets of metal sometimes, such as the famous copper scroll in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
- But clay in ancient Mesopotamia, and papyrus and.later parchment/leather in the west, eventually replaced by paper in later medieval times, were the most important writing materials. In the Far East, bamboo ans silk were thr main writing matter in ancient China, later replaced by paper during the Han dynasty. In India, palm leaves were a common writing in the sourh and tree bark was used in northern India, with paper becoming popular in late medieval and early modern India.
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