1) Where were the earliest books written on?
2) How were these tablets held together?
3) Where were clay tablets used for writing?
4) From a tall plant. – Не знаю! Выпиши из текста предложение, в котором есть это словосочетание, а я задам вопрос )
5) When was the first public library founded in Rome?
6) Who were the first people to invent printing?
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Who invented printing?
7) How many presses were there in Europe by the end of the 15th century?
8) Whom was the first printing press in England set up by?
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What was the name of a man who set up the first printing press in England?
9) When and where was the first printing press in Russia set up?
10) What is the world’s largest library?
And yet although the Mayas knew about the wheel, they never used it. Neither did they use metals other than copper. What is even more surprising is that they suddenly abandoned many of their cities and built new ones in the jungle. Some time around AD 900, Mayan civilization collapsed. By the year 1200, their last great capital, Chichen Itza, was deserted.
Who were these strange people and the even stranger gods they worshipped? What brought about their sudden collapse? Some writers have tried to prove that the Mayas had contact with visitors from space and even that they themselves came from another planet. Some people believe that their civilization came to an end because the Mayas never developed a proper resistance to local germs and diseases. All we really know is that when the first Europeans appeared off their coast, this great and misterious culture was only a memory.
