# Paper - Technology [#99 - Tang 17: The Battle of Talas — The History of China — Overcast](https://overcast.fm/+BTCQVtvQs/41:30) Paper went from china to the Arab world and then the paper mill was invented in the Arab world and went back to china Paper started being produced in Spain in the 12th century but didn’t reach Northern Europe until the 14th century. Paper may have been a requisite for the [[Printing Press]] [History of paper - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_paper#Paper_in_Europe) ### Related - [[Silk]] <!-- #case-study/technology --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Paper+-+Technology) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Paper+-+Technology) <!-- {BearID:78558F8A-9093-4BD7-B72D-64DC244D3E48-692-0009CFDDA18C8B2B} -->