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| c. 3100 BC |
| | | Writing is developed, at Sumer, as cuneiform script on clay tablets | |
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| c. 3100 BC |
| | | The Egyptian hieroglyphic script develops at much the same time as the Sumerian cuneiform | |
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| 3100 BC |
| | | The invention of writing marks the transition, in academic terms, from prehistory to history | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | The delicate seals of the Indus civilization are in a script as yet undeciphered | |
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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | The Chinese develop a form of scroll, made of strips of bamboo threaded together and rolled up like a wooden blind | |
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| 768 |
| | | The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm | |
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| 868 |
| | | The world's first known printed book, a Diamond Sutra, is commissioned by a Buddhist monk in honour of his parents | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | The concept of movable type for printing is pioneered in China, using fired clay, but it proves impractical | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | The rulers of Baghdad harness homing pigeons as postmen. | |
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| c. 1380 |
| | | Koreans establish the first type foundry, casting movable type in bronze | |
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