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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Johannes Gutenberg is credited with the invention of movable type in Europe around 1440. - Gutenberg's press transformed the way information was shared across Europe. - Bi Sheng developed a system of ceramic movable type in China during the eleventh century. - Bi Sheng's system was a significant development in East Asian history. - Roughly four hundred years separate Bi Sheng's system from Gutenberg's. The student wants to emphasize the temporal relationship between the two inventions. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. Gutenberg's invention of movable type in Europe around 1440 transformed the way information was shared, similar to the impact of Bi Sheng's work.
2. Johannes Gutenberg and Bi Sheng both made crucial contributions to the history of printing technology in different parts of the world.
3. Although Gutenberg is credited with inventing movable type, Bi Sheng had developed a similar ceramic system roughly four hundred years earlier.
4. Bi Sheng invented ceramic movable type in China during the eleventh century, which was a significant development in East Asian history.

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