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I read that the Mongols were mass producing texts in the 13th century using a moveable block type printing method. Why was Gutenberg's press so revolutionary in the 15th century if similar technology already existed in the interconnected Eastern hemisphere?

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Why didn't Portugal's American colonies (Brazil) end up fragmented Becoming different countried like Spain's did (or Portugal's colonies in Africa for that matter) ?

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I read that the Mongols were mass producing texts in the 13th century using a moveable block type printing method. Why was Gutenberg's press so revolutionary in the 15th century if similar technology already existed in the interconnected Eastern hemisphere?	397
Why didn't Portugal's American colonies (Brazil) end up fragmented Becoming different countried like Spain's did (or Portugal's colonies in Africa for that matter) ?	4