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Many historians credit the invention of the printing press with dramatically increasing literacy rates in Europe, since books became cheaper and more widely available than handwritten copies.
According to the text, why did literacy rates increase, according to historians?
- Literacy rates were already high before the printing press existed.
- Books became cheaper and easier to obtain after the printing press was invented.
- Governments required all citizens to attend school.
- Handwritten books became far more popular than printed ones across nearly every region of Europe.
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