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The Samarkand Paper That Reshaped the World
Long before Gutenberg, Central Asia was the world's papermaking powerhouse. This episode follows the remarkable story of paper's journey from Tang Dynasty China to the Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, where it sparked a revolution in knowledge. After the 751 Battle of Talas, captured Chinese papermakers were brought to Samarkand, and within decades the city became a papermaking hub that supplied the Islamic world. Lucas walks Luna through the technology of rag paper (as opposed to papyrus or parchment), the role of paper in the Abbasid translation movement, and how…
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