stone age

Cuneiform

Oldest writing system developed by Sumerians

Egyptians

Developed phonetic writing

Phoenicians

Invented the alphabet

Chinese

Invented paper

Cicero

Hired scribes to produce daily newsletter

Acta Diurna

Forerunner to the newspaper

Ninety-five thesis

Text by Martin Luther criticizing the Catholic Church

Gutenberg Bible

First mass printing of a text

William Caxton & King James Bible

Helped unify England through common language

Germany, Venice, Amsterdam

Mercantile Civilizations

John Milton

Wrote epic defense of free expression due to fight back against censorship (1600’s)

John Locke

Expands argument of free speech and liberalism