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Why then did it take until the 15th century for mankind to invent the printing press?Kris Jones, London, W14 Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/feb\/17\/why-if-the-ancient-greeks-had-die-cut-coins-did-we-take-so-long-to-invent-the-printing-press\" target=\"_blank\">Why, if the ancient Greeks had die-cut coins, did we take so long to invent the printing press?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-1k4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8700,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-we-should-fear-a-cashless-world-dominic-frisby\/","url_meta":{"origin":5088,"position":0},"title":"Why we should fear a cashless world | Dominic Frisby","date":"March 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Poor people and small businesses rely on cash. 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