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    The invention of papyrus allowed writing to become more widespread in ancient Egypt and other cultures. Papyrus was made by weaving thin strips from the papyrus plant together to form a smooth writing surface. Before papyrus, writing was reserved for elites and usually brief messages on clay, leather or other materials. Papyrus provided a standard writing surface and fostered the creation of important documents in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome across social, political, cultural and economic contexts.

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    The invention of papyrus allowed writing to become more widespread in ancient Egypt and other cultures. Papyrus was made by weaving thin strips from the papyrus plant together to form a smooth writing surface. Before papyrus, writing was reserved for elites and usually brief messages on clay, leather or other materials. Papyrus provided a standard writing surface and fostered the creation of important documents in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome across social, political, cultural and economic contexts.

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    The invention of papyrus allowed writing to become more widespread in ancient Egypt and other cultures. Papyrus was made by weaving thin strips from the papyrus plant together to form a smooth writing surface. Before papyrus, writing was reserved for elites and usually brief messages on clay, leather or other materials. Papyrus provided a standard writing surface and fostered the creation of important documents in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome across social, political, cultural and economic contexts.

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    What were the social, political, cultural, or economic contexts in which the invention was made

    A.What is the invention?

    PAPYRUS

    writing material of ancient times and also the plant from which it was derived, Cyperus papyrus (family
    Cyperaceae), also called paper plant. The papyrus plant was long cultivated in the Nile delta region
    in Egypt and was collected for its stalk or stem, whose central pith was cut into thin strips, pressed
    together, and dried to form a smooth thin writing surface.

    What are the precursors?

    B. What tools existed in prior to it?

    In as early as 3000 B.C., the Egyptians had developed a technique for making paper from the pith of the
    papyrus plant. This particular plant flourished along the bank of the Nile. By weaving together long strips
    and placing a weight on top to bind them together, they were able to create these long and durable,
    thin sheets. The English word 'paper' actually comes from the word 'papyrus'.

    How did people carry out activities before its invention?

    Before papyrus, writing was a skill reserved for a very small minority and often came in the form of at
    most a few sentences on a fragment of clay or piece of leather, parchment and vellum. In ancient
    Mesopotamia, Egypt and Iran, cuneiform characters were placed on wet clay tablets with a stylus made
    from a reed. With the papyrus scroll, the Western world gained a standard surface on which it could
    create and document. The scroll fostered the creation and survival of some of the world’s most
    influential documents, ranging from some of the first fixed law codes to the important literary works of
    Rome’s brightest minds

    C. What were the social, political, cultural, or economic contexts in which the invention was made?

    Social

    Political

    Cultural

    The ancient Egyptians used the stem of the papyrus plant to make sails, cloth, mats, cords, and, above
    all, paper. Paper made from papyrus was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt, was adopted by the
    Greeks, and was used extensively in the Roman Empire.

    Economics

    The ancient Egyptians used the stem of the papyrus plant to make sails, cloth, mats, cords, and, above
    all, paper. Paper made from papyrus was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt, was adopted by the
    Greeks, and was used extensively in the Roman Empire.

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