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The paper trail : an unexpected history of the world's greatest invention / Alexander Monro

This historical study traces the evolution and global impact of paper from its origins in second-century China. It examines how this material facilitated cultural, political, and religious revolutions across the Islamic world, the Renaissance, and the Reformation.

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