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Posted: 29 Aug 2024

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A fragment of a list of accounts in Chinese from the Qin dynasty, excavated at Loulan, China

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Of all the goods that traversed the Silk Road, it is paper – the most humble – that arguably had the greatest impact on global history. Chinese records mention the invention of paper by a court official named Cai Lun (ca.50-121 CE) around 105. However, excavation at numerous sites in central Asia have yielded paper that can be dated earlier, and it is thought that this versatile material was actually first developed in South China sometime in the second or first Century BCE. Prior to the development of paper, Chinese records were written on strips of wood and bamboo and pieces of silk. ~ Page 156

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