I sell paper for a living. It was first invented in ancient China.
That's interesting, do you know approximately when paper was first invented?
The earlier documented papermaking process was during the Eastern Han period from 25-220 C.E.
Wow that's quite a long time ago, paper certainly has an interesting history. Do you know anything else about the Easstern Han period?
During that time, China experienced alternating periods of economic abundance and decline.
Seems like it was a bit of a rollercoaster of a time period then. Do you know any of the Chinese rulers that existed during the Eastern Han period?
known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han, and briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (9–23 AD) of the former regent Wang Mang. This interregnum separates the Han dynasty into two periods: the Western Han or Former Han (206 BC – 9 AD) and the Eastern Han or Later Han (25–220 AD).
The emperor was at the pinnacle of Han society. He presided over the Han government but shared power with both the nobility and appointed ministers who came largely from the scholarly gentry class. The
History of paper
Paper is a thin nonwoven material traditionally made from a combination of milled plant and textile fibres. It is primarily used for writing, artwork, and packaging; it is commonly white. The first papermaking process was documented in China during the Eastern Han period (25–220 CE), traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun. During the 8th century, Chinese papermaking spread to the Islamic world, where pulp mills and paper mills were used for papermaking and money making. By the 11th century, papermaking was