Since printing didn't take hold in India or in the central Muslim lands until the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries, how did colleges and wealthy families possess libraries?

A. Colleges and wealthy families did not have libraries.
B. The books were imported and were primarily written in English.
C. The books were hand-copied, mainly in Arabic or Persian.
D. None of these answers is correct.


Answer: C

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