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Title: The controversy of Alexandria
Post by: TimCookAppleCEO on November 22, 2012, 03:19:03 pm

Hi there,

Do you think that the destruction of Alexandria's library led to significant problem for academics?

Title: Re: The controversy of Alexandria
Post by: ro901 on November 28, 2012, 01:53:24 pm

I don't know anything about this.

Title: Re: The controversy of Alexandria
Post by: Falconer02 on November 29, 2012, 04:37:17 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria

I think every time something like this happens, society can suffer indefinitely. The dark ages are a more recent example of what goes down when culture and education just vanish.