A written year
1500 — already written.
That year was
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Days ago (about)
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Full moons since (about)
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Zodiac cycles since
The world then
Columbus crossed eight years ago. Gutenberg's press is about fifty years old and has already put millions of books into the world — ideas are starting to move faster than armies.