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===== Printing Press PODs ===== | ===== Points of Divergence : The Printing Press ===== |
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The invention that enabled the Reformation, it's earlier introduction could have huge consequences. | The invention that enabled the Reformation, it's earlier introduction could have huge consequences. |
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=== PODs === | Here are some points of divergence concerning the invention and development of the printing press. All POD entries are sorted as chronologically as possible. |
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An [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=93628|Ancient Mesopotamian]] printing press or movable type. | ---- |
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A [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=5020|Roman]] printing press. | ==== Ancient PODs ==== |
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An [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8794|Islamic]] printing press around 900 A.D. | **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=296839|Printing cuneiform]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bronze-age-printing-on-soft-clay-tablet.387141/|Bronze Age printing on soft clay tablet]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=93628|An ancient Mesopotamian printing press or movable type]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ancient-printing-press-spreading-throughout-the-world.258766/|Plausibility check: Ancient printing press spreading throughout the world ?]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-a-greek-printing-press.270719/|WI: A Greek printing press]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/hellenistic-printing-press.402452/|Hellenistic printing press]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=5020|Roman printing press (1)]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=353279|Roman printing press (2)]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-romans-invent-the-printing-press-in-80-bc.275153/|Roman printing press (3)]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-the-romans-had-invented-the-heavy-plough-and-the-printing-press.157692/|Roman printing press (4)]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-challange-olive-press-wine-press-printing-press.14617/|Roman printing press (5)]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/effects-of-a-roman-printing-press.426154/|Effects of a Roman printing press ?]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-republican-bank-and-printing-press.141304/|Roman printing press and its effects on banking]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-yehoshua-ben-gamla-invents-printing-press.392921/|Plausibility check: Yehoshua ben Gamla invents printing press ?]]** |
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| Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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| ==== Medieval and early modern PODs ==== |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/printing-press-invented-by-muslims.414066/|Printing press invented by Muslims]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8794|WI: Islamic printing press developed around 900 AD]]** |
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| **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=303956|Challenge: Abbasid movable type]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/effects-of-an-earlier-printing-press-in-the-west.413053/|Effects of an earlier printing press in the West (ca between 800 and 1000 AD)]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/printing-press-developed-in-1124.373911/|Printing press developed in 1124]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/printing-press-invented-in-byzantium-in-1200-ad.73594/|Printing press invented in Byzantium in 1200 AD]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-challenge-earlier-eurpean-printing-press.81256/|Challenge: Earlier European printing press (by ca 1250 AD)]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-movable-type-printing-press-invented-in-1350-in-england-not-1450-in-germany.321137/|Challenge: Movable type printing press invented in 1350 in England, not 1450 in Germany]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=34811|Printing press developed in medieval Europe 50 years earlier]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/luther-without-his-printing-press.74307/|Luther without his printing press]]** |
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| **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-challenge-printing-press-technology-lost-to-world-after-1550.402518/|Challenge: Printing press technology lost to world after 1550]]** |
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| Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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| ==== See Also ==== |
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| **[[pods:telegraph|Points of Divergence : Telegraph]]** |
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