# Printing

Printing with movable type appeared in China and Korea, and Gutenberg’s press in Europe (about 1450) made books cheap. Ideas then traveled faster than the people who held them.

Connects to:
- [Technology](https://mapideas.org/i/technology)
- [Writing](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_writing)
- [Sources and voices](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_sources)
- [Copying and owning](https://mapideas.org/i/ar_copy)
- [Which tools change us most?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_tools_change)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Printing press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press)
- [Wikipedia: Movable type](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable_type)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/te_print · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#te_print