THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION'S TRANSFORMATION

Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century ushered a revolution in information sharing that would forever transform the course of human history. Prior to this pivotal moment, books were painstakingly copied by scribes, making them precious and accessible only to a select few. The printing press enabled mass production

In the grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were thought to filte