Paper is a thin, non-woven material made from ground plant fibers, mainly used for writing , artwork, and packaging.
The first papermaking process dates back tothe Eastern Han dynasty of China, traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun. During the eighth century, Chinese papermaking was introduced into the Islamic world, and pulp mill and paper mill are used tomake paperand money. By the 11th century, papermaking was brought to Europe. By the 13th century, the papermaking was refined with paper mills utilizing waterwheels in Spanish. In the 19th century, European improvements to the papermaking processwith the invention of wood-based paper.
Although precursors such as papyrus and amate existed in the Mediterranean world and pre-Columbian Americas, but these materials are not defined as true paper. Nor is true parchment considered paper; used principally for writing, parchment is heavily prepared animal skin that predates paper and possibly papyrus. In the twentieth century with the advent of plastic manufacture some plastic "paper" was introduced, as well as paper-plastic laminates, paper-metal laminates, and papers infused or coated with different products that give them special properties. In the future,there will be more and more advanced paper making process.