Title: Parchment/codex
Date: 3rd Century BC
Nationality: Pergamum
Creator: Scholars in Pergamum
Medium: Animal skins
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The invention of
parchment and codex shows the struggle that learning can involve, and how
struggles can create opportunities for new learning. The Hellenistic cities of
Alexandria and Pergamum competed fiercely. Alexandria stopped trading papyrus
with Pergamum, hoping to stop the growth of their library. This created an
obstacle and a challenge for Pergamum. However, because of this struggle, they
found a new way to record language. They discovered that they could write on
animal skins, or parchment, and bind parchment on the side instead of roll them
to create what we now know as a book (Strong & Davis, 218). This is a good
artifact to show a beginning civilization because after action and a good attitude, obstacles almost invariably come. These inventions show that the excitement for learning can continue to push people
to work to understand something or make new discoveries instead of being
resigned to failure. This culture of diligence can help stimulate and continue
and excitement for learning. This is good to show after discussing individual
excitement, because struggles can hamper a positive learning attitude if not
confronted.
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