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Lepton · 1:41+ Arse Scratcher

Two men that brought religion to Europe.

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1400 – February 3, 1468) was a German goldsmith and printer who is credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe around 1439 and mechanical printing globally.

Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh; also spelled Mohammed or Muhammed) (ca. 570 Mecca – June 8, 632 Medina), is the central human figure of the religion of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as the messenger and prophet of God, the last and the greatest in a series of prophets of Islam.

wordcross · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: 2

I must admit to being a bit surprised by the spread on this one.
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AZu · Daedalian Member

Judging from the nominations in general I'd say that for all his graces Muhammed just isn't western enough to survive this tournament.

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worm · unregistered

imo, Gutenburg's invention of the printing press was a matter of time, and i always thought of it as very clever, but not particularly brilliant.

you can certainly argue his impact, which was huge. however, with Muhammed as the competition, i have trouble understanding these results.

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

even apart from the Chinese claims, there is also Coster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster

who most likely invented the printing press before Gutenberg.
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