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Explain how the invention of printing press influenced Renaissance, Reformation and Geographical discoveries.
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- The printing press enabled the production of multiple copies of a manuscript and their spread all over western Europe.
- In less than fifty years after the invention of the Gutenberg printing press, about six million books had been printed.
- The invention of printing press not only spread knowledge widely, but also promoted critical thinking.
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