Table of Contents: 00:55 - You can’t carry Gilgamesh 02:11 - Rigid or fragile media cannot be bound (like a book) so they are rolled—and thus SCROLLS 03:06 - But when scrolls dry out… 03:19 - So the invention of Parchment makes a massive shift 03:20 - But when scrolls dry out… 05:13 - So the invention of Parchment makes a massive shift 05:43 - First…fast forward to Hellenism, a result of the conquest of Alexander the Great 06:58 - Parchment named for Pergamon 07:50 - First, skins are soaked in lye 08:11 - After several days soaking,skins are draped over a barell and the flesh and hair is scraped off 08:56 - Then they’re hung 09:10 - Then stretched and scraped 10:45 - Until it is as thin as it can get 12:49 - Afterwards the parchment is finished with sanding, and trimming 13:48 - Parchment could be used to make scrolls…but…. 13:53 - Then this happened… 15:34 - How? Wax Tablets 17:34 - Parchment makes it possible to add more pages 17:52 - Sheets of Parchment are copied 17:54 - How? Wax Tablets 17:54 - Then this happened… 17:55 - Parchment could be used to make scrolls…but…. 17:55 - Until it is as thin as it can get 17:58 - Then stretched and scraped 19:25 - Until it is as thin as it can get 19:25 - Afterwards the parchment is finished with sanding, and trimming 19:25 - Parchment could be used to make scrolls…but…. 19:26 - Then this happened… 19:28 - How? Wax Tablets 19:29 - Parchment makes it possible to add more pages 19:32 - Sheets of Parchment are copied 22:08 - 24:14 - 25:46 - 25:49 - 25:51 - 26:04 - 26:26 - 26:32 - 26:36 - 28:43 - 29:16 - 30:07 - 30:51 - 30:55 - 34:40 - 35:21 - 36:04 - 37:00 - 37:08 - 37:12 - 37:12 - 37:13 - 37:13 - 37:20 - 37:46 - 37:52 - 38:45 - Part III: And What About Other Forms of Cultural Transmission?

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