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The Mind Creative SEP 2013 Paper folding also developed in Spain sometime between the 8th and 12th century. Historians believe that paper and paper-making was introduced into Europe from Asia via the Silk Route However, this art form was documented for the first time in 1797 in the book called “Folding of 1000 Cranes” (by Senbazuru Orikata). This was followed by a series of books called “Window on Midwinter” by Kan No Mado. Many terms were used to describe this art form ("orikata", "orisue", "orimono", or "tatamigami"). However, the modern day term “origami” was established the 1890's. In 1950, Akira Yoshizana and Sam Randlett developed a standard set of origami symbols to describe how to fold paper into models. The art form continues to evolve and it has gone well beyond the traditional definitions of origami. Origami styles and techniques now include entities like technical origami,mathematical origami, contemporary origami, modular origami, wet folding origami, dollar bill origami and business card origami. 10