Editing Paper (section)

==History==
[[File:Chinese hemp paper western han.jpg|thumb|Hemp [[wrapping paper]], China, circa 100 BC.]]
The oldest known archaeological fragments of the immediate precursor to modern paper, date to the 2nd century BCE in China. The pulp papermaking process is ascribed to [[Cai Lun]], a 2nd-century CE Han court eunuch.<ref name="Tsien1985" />

Its knowledge and uses spread from China through the Middle East to medieval Europe in the 13th century, where the first water powered [[paper mill]]s were built.<ref name="Burns 1996, 417f.">{{harvnb|Burns|1996|pp=417f.}}</ref> Because of paper's introduction to the West through the city of Baghdad, it was first called ''bagdatikos''.<ref>Murray, Stuart A. P. ''The Library: An illustrated History''. Skyhorse Publishing, 2009, p. 57.</ref>
In the 19th century, industrialization greatly reduced the cost of manufacturing paper. In 1844, the Canadian inventor Charles Fenerty and the German F. G. Keller independently developed processes for pulping wood fibres.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.charlesfenerty.ca/book.html|title=Charles Fenerty and his paper invention|last=Burger|first=Peter|date=2007|publisher=Peter Burger|location=Toronto|isbn=9780978331818|oclc=173248586|pages=25–30}}</ref>