Which statement is supported by the passage?

Before paper was invented, people wrote on clay tablets, stone, bamboo strips or animal skins. These materials were heavy, expensive or hard to make. According to Chinese records, an official named Cai Lun presented a new kind of paper to the emperor in the year 105. It was made from tree bark, old rags and fishing nets pounded into a pulp, spread on a screen and left to dry. The knowledge of papermaking spread slowly westward. In the eighth century, Muslim craftsmen in Samarkand and later in Baghdad set up paper mills. Paper was cheaper than parchment, and its spread helped books to be copied and shared in large numbers.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. Papermaking reached Baghdad after it had spread through the east.

  1. Step 1: The passage says it spread westward to Samarkand and later to Baghdad.
Answer
Papermaking reached Baghdad after it had spread through the east.
Why not the others: Bamboo was first used for writing after paper was invented., Cai Lun lived in the eighth century, long after Baghdad was founded. and Paper was first made in Baghdad and then spread to China. do not fit.

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