History of Paper

In the History of Papermaking there are 2 Versions of History:

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1. Egyptian Version

Ancient Egyptian civilization donated papyrus as a writing medium writing. The use of papyrus as a writing medium for writing is used in Ancient Egyptian civilization at the time of the pharaohs then spread to throughout the Middle East to the Romans in the Mediterranean and spread to all over

Europe. From the word papyrus (papyrus) it is known as paper in English, papier in Dutch, German, French for example or papel in Spanish which means paper. (Burns Robert I. 1996)

Recorded in history is the Chinese civilization that donated paper for the World. It was Tsai Lun who invented the bamboo paper which easily available throughout China in 101 AD.

2. Chinese Version

Over the centuries, paper has become one of the things that inseparable from the recording of world history. Before paper was invented, people The ancients used a variety of materials to record things. Egyptian Ancient wrote notes on tree trunks, on earthen disks by a Mesopotamia, in sheepskin by Europeans and others.

Inspired by the silk rolling process, the Ancient Chinese succeeded find managed to find a paper-like material called bo yang made of silk. But the production of bo is very expensive because of the rarity ingredient. At the beginning of the second century, a court official named Cai Lun succeeded discovered a new type of paper made of bark, cloth, stems 6 wheat and others. This type of paper is relatively cheap, light, thin, durable and more suitable for use with a brush.

In the early third century, this first papermaking process spread to the world Korean territory and then reached Japan. This type of paper penetrates Arab countries during the Tang Dynasty and began to touch Europe in the 19th century 12.In the 16th century, paper reached America and gradually spread all over the world. (Tsien, Tsuen-Hsuin 1985).

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