Before and after
Almost nobody remembers dates, and you do not need to: what you actually think with is the order. Knowing that printing came before the conquest of America, or that Nintendo is older than the end of the Ottoman empire, changes how you read everything else. It starts with pairs that are centuries apart and closes in until they are ten years apart.
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Which came first?
- Papermaking is documented in China
- Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
Why Papermaking is documented in China, 105. Apollo 11 lands on the Moon, 1969: 1864 years later. Made from rags and bark, and far cheaper than parchment. It will take a thousand years to reach Europe, by way of Samarkand and al-Andalus.