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Movable type

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c. 1040
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Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document usually on the medium of paper.

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Earlier and later events nearby

  1. AD 618Founding of the Tang dynasty
  2. AD 629–645Xuanzang's journey to India
  3. AD 960Founding of the Song dynasty
  4. c. 1040Movable typeThis page
  5. c. 1040Bi Sheng invents movable type
  6. 1127Jingkang incident
  7. 2019–2023COVID-19 pandemic

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  1. 1600–1100 BCShang dynasty
  2. 1000–800 BCZhou dynasty
  3. 750–500 BCChen
  4. 450–250 BCChu
  5. 200 BC – AD 1Han dynasty
  6. AD 25Xin dynasty
  7. AD 50–175Han dynasty
  8. AD 200–250Cao Wei
  9. AD 275–300Jin dynasty
  10. AD 325Han Zhao
  11. AD 350Later Zhao
  12. AD 375Former Qin
  13. AD 400Later Qin
  14. AD 425Jin dynasty
  15. AD 450Liu Song dynasty
  16. AD 475–525Northern Wei
  17. AD 550Eastern Wei
  18. AD 575Northern Qi
  1. AD 600Sui dynasty
  2. AD 625–900Tang dynasty
  3. AD 925Later Liang dynasty
  4. AD 950Later Han
  5. AD 975–1120Song dynastyThis page
  6. 1140–1220Jin dynasty
  7. 1240–1280Mongol Empire
  8. 1300–1360Yuan dynasty
  9. 1380–1640Ming dynasty
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  1. 1650–1910Qing dynasty
  2. 1912–1914Republic of China
  3. 1916Empire of China
  4. 1918–1928Kuomintang
  5. 1930–1938Republic of China
  6. 1940–1944Empire of Japan
  7. 1946–1948Republic of China
  8. 1950 –China

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