Printing and Its Impact on Society

Much of the knowledge of the past was limited to memories of personal experience. It was a world without facts. Experience was what mattered most and power lied with the elders who were highly respected.
There were only few with a written language. The first writings were very expensive, time consuming and laborious. Few common people had the time or the inclination to become literate and even if they were able to read the cost of producing written documents kept the works out of there reach. People of this world had very amazing memories. …