The 18 th of February The Printed Word
Why do you read books? What do books give you?
The Earliest Books The earliest books were written on tablets of wood or pieces of bark Clay tablets
words Tablet Wax Stick Leather Metal rings Clay Volume Craftsmen
Ancient World Papyrus Parchment
The First Public Library Library in Greece Celsius Library
The Middle Ages Cookbook of Richard II
Inventors of Printing Johann Gutenberg Ivan Fedorov
The Oldest Libraries Oxfords Library Vaticans Library Cambridges Library
The Oldest Libraries Harvard Yale
The Great Libraries of the World The British Museum Library
The Great Libraries of the World The Library of the Congress in the United States
The Great Libraries of the World Biblioteque Nationale in France
The Great Libraries of the World The Beijing Library in China
The Great Libraries of the World The State Public Library in Moscow
Answer the questions 1. What materials were used to make ancient books? 2. In what places of the world did people have in ancient times?