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Papermaking is considered to be one of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China, since the first papermaking process was developed in China during the early 2nd century. During the Shang (1600 BC-1050 BC) and Zhou (1050 BC-256 BC) dynasties of ancient China, documents were ordinarily written on bone or bamboo (on tablets or on bamboo strips sewn and rolled together into scrolls), making them very heavy and awkward to transport. The light material of silk was sometimes used, but was normally too expensive to consider. While the Han Dynasty Chinese court official Cai Lun is widely regarded to have invented the modern method of papermaking (inspired from wasps and bees) from rags and other plant fibers in AD 105, the discovery of specimens bearing written Chinese characters in 2006 at north-east China's Gansu province suggest that paper was in use by the ancient Chinese military more than 100 years before Cai, in 8 BC
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Where was toilet paper first used?
on some body's back side
First people to use paper money?
This is when paper money first became popular. It was actually in 806 AD that paper money was used. The Chinese were the first ones to give bank slips and paper money under the T'ang dynasty. It was later abandoned in 1455 in China only to be reinstated in the 1800s.
What did the Chinese write on before paper was invented?
The Chinese first used wooden scrolls and whole bones on silk.
Who were the first people to use toilet paper?
The first people to use and invent toilet paper were the Chinese.
The Egyptians used papyrus to make what?
Stuff like stuffs
What country first used paper?
China
What is the name of the country that first used paper currency in the world?
China used paper as currency in the world for the first time.
Which country first used paper money?
China.
What country first used paper money as a currency?
China.
What country is the origin of the first paper money?
China was the first country to use both paper money and the printing press.
What country first used paper money?
The first known use of paper money was in china during the 7th century; it was used to reduce the amount of coinage carried by travelers as it weighed too much.
First country to use paper?
Paper was invented in China. Papyrus is older, but is not paper.
What country was the first to make paper?
Egypt was the first to write documents on a type of paper made from reeds. In Ancient Egypt these "papers" would be rolled into scrolls, which later the ideas was used by the Greeks, Romans, and other later civilizations. The first paper came from China.
Which country was the first to print paper money?
america
Which is the first country to issue to paper currency?
china
What country first adopted the paper ballot system?
Australia was the first country to use the secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot. It was first used in Victoria, to elect the Victorian government, in 1856.
In which country Paper was prepared for the first time?
Europe
