Uyghurs and Printing Press

[ancalimon]

The original writing system of the Blue Turks was supplanted by that of the Uighurs, which was based on the Sogdian. Under the Uighurs, Buddhist and Manichaean scriptures were translated, and a rich liturgical literature developed. Some time before the 10th century, the Uighurs invented a system of printing that involved making impressions of single-letter molds on paper. This was the forerunner of the printing press and modern printing technology.

also: http://the_uighurs.tripod.com/Scrpt.htm

I was wondering why there never was a reference to this in my education. Did you know about this? Is there a better source talking about this?

[merlkir]

Yes, I have heard about xylography during my education. I also understand that it is not the same thing Gutenberg did. And if the uighurs did it in the 10th century, they certainly weren't the first in the world.

(where have you seen that they used a single mold for each letter? The link doesn't say so. Xylography is a wood cut.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing

The notion that chinese couldn't possibly invent this, because their writing system was too complicated is obviously wrong as well, there are even examples of such prints with chinese letters easily printed.

(but obviously, it's a conspiracy by the chinese.They manipulated Wikipedia.)