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The four sentences below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the correct order and key in the sequence of numbers as your answer.
1. This made the printing press not merely a technological innovation but a catalyst for religious, scientific, and political upheaval across Europe.
2. Johannes Gutenberg's development of the movable-type printing press in the mid-fifteenth century dramatically reduced the cost and time required to reproduce written texts.
3. Ideas that once spread slowly through hand-copied manuscripts, confined largely to monasteries and universities, could now circulate widely and rapidly among a literate public.
4. Martin Luther's ninety-five theses, for instance, were reprinted and distributed across German-speaking lands within weeks of being posted, far faster than any pre-print controversy could have travelled.
1. This made the printing press not merely a technological innovation but a catalyst for religious, scientific, and political upheaval across Europe.
2. Johannes Gutenberg's development of the movable-type printing press in the mid-fifteenth century dramatically reduced the cost and time required to reproduce written texts.
3. Ideas that once spread slowly through hand-copied manuscripts, confined largely to monasteries and universities, could now circulate widely and rapidly among a literate public.
4. Martin Luther's ninety-five theses, for instance, were reprinted and distributed across German-speaking lands within weeks of being posted, far faster than any pre-print controversy could have travelled.
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Answer: 2341
Sentence 2 introduces Gutenberg's invention. Sentence 3 explains its immediate consequence — ideas spreading faster than hand-copied manuscripts allowed. Sentence 4 gives a concrete example (Luther's theses). Sentence 1 closes with the broader claim ('This made...') that the example in 4 illustrates. Order: 2-3-4-1.
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