Which word from the passage can be a synonym to the word "consequence"? Many years ago, a town crier ran through the streets and shouted out all the news. But now we live in the Atomic Age. Too many things happen too quickly for us ba learn about them in the old-fashioned way. That is why we have to read more in order to find out what is happening in the world. It is only in the last 500 years that books have been printed on paper. Before that time the only way of making books was to write them out by hand. No one knows when writing first began, but we have found drawings on the walls of caves and bones which are at least 25,000 years old. The invention of paper played a very important part in the development of books. In the 11th century the art of papermaking reached Europe but no trace of printing was found in Europe until 1423. It is known that Johann Gutenberg of pristined out ways of printing in Strasbourg, Gerope by secretly tried og methods spread very quickly anyoned the knowledge 1487. After the printing machine was invented, nearly every country started printing books. inting people began to learn how to make paper more quickly and cheaply and of better quality. As a result of this, books became much lighter and smaller. The first person to print books in the English language was William Caxton The first book printed in the Russian language appeared in Moscow on the first of March, in 1564.Up to that time there where only handwritten books in Russia The house built for printing books was not far from the Kremlin. At that time, it was one of the best buildings in the Russian capital. Ivan Fedorov and his assistants were the first to use Russian letters. By the 16th century books looked very much as they do today and since then very little change has been made in their appearance