Iphepha

Inqubo yokwenza iphepha yasungulwa IMpumalanga Asia okungenani ekuqaleni kuka-105 CE ngu-Umthenwa wasenkantolo yamaHan uCai Lun, yize kunobufakazi bemivubukulo bokuthi kukhona izinto ezifana nephepha zekhulu lesibili BCE eChina. Ngaphambi Ukwenziwa kwezimboni kokukhiqizwa kwephepha, iphepha elivame kakhulu kwakuyiphepha le-rap, elenziwe ngezindwangu zemvelo ezilahliwe eziqoqwe ngabadayisi be-ragpickers. Ukusungulwa kwe-pulp ukhuni ngo-1843, kuhambisana ne-Second Industrial Revolution, kwenza iphepha le-pulpwood laba uhlobo oluvame kakhulu kuze kube namuhla.