History of Libraries

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

Gutenberg prints a bible

Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. (the national library for the U.S.) is established.

The Sumerians created the first written alphabet known as Cuneiform.

The Phoenicians create the first alphabet that had sounds associated with letters.

The Egyptians start writing using ink on papyrus scrolls.

Horace Mann recommended that public schools have libraries.