Assertion: paper | /r/HasProperty | invented
Facets:
value: centuries earlier
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The historian Fan Hua (398-445 CE) recorded this version of events, but archaeological finds from western China and Tibet suggest that paper was invented centuries earlier.
text: According to archaeological records, it originates from the 6th century, although some believe that its history could be traced as far back as the Warring States period (around 3 BC), long before the paper was invented.
text: Later, when paper was invented, people realized that this material was easy to cut, store and discard, and paper became the major material for this type of artwork.