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To: Boogieman
You are partly right but mostly wrong.

The Library of Alexandria was actually partly burned several times. Usually by accident. However it was rebuilt and refurnished with books until the last time when it was burned by the Caliph of Baghdad.

47 posted on 01/05/2015 5:33:17 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Well, they may have rebuilt a library in Alexandria by the time the muslims got there, but it wasn’t “The Library of Alexandria”, containing the ancient books like those of Homer, since that was already destroyed centuries before.


50 posted on 01/05/2015 8:12:10 PM PST by Boogieman
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