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  Printing timeline
     
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The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm      
868
 
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The world's first known printed book, a Diamond Sutra, is commissioned by a Buddhist monk in honour of his parents       
868
 
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The Diamand Sutra has as a frontispiece a printed woodcut depicting an enthroned Buddha       
c. 1050
 
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The concept of movable type for printing is pioneered in China, using fired clay, but it proves impractical       
c. 1380
 
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Koreans establish the first type foundry, casting movable type in bronze      
c. 1425
 
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Packs of tarot playing cards are among the most popular products of Europe's first printing presses