Fill in the Blanks About 1450, a German g_ls_i_h named Johann G_i_n_e_8 constructed a machine that
allowed him to move small b_oc_s of L_1_e_s in such a way that w_iu_n material could be
p_ild and mass-produced. Gutenberg's first *p_b_i_a_i_n was a 1,282-page edition of the
Christian B_b_e.
Although Gutenberg's i_v_n_i_n changed history, the printing press did not make him
w_a_t_y. Others built similar machines without c _m_e_s_t_ng Gutenberg. Today, p_i_nt
laws in most nations p_o_e_t the inspiration of i_v_n_o_s.