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The idea that the destruction of The Library of Alexandria set knowledge back centuries
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:04 am
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:04 am
How does anyone know or quantify this? If all the knowledge in the Library was destroyed, how do we know what was in there? What if it was just a bunch of bullshite ancient romance novels and myths about their gods?
For all we know the destruction could’ve helped us, humanity was forced to go out and discover again.
For all we know the destruction could’ve helped us, humanity was forced to go out and discover again.
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Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:08 am to Tiger1242
Nah it's still there
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:09 am to BurningHeart
sneaky post of the year nomination
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:12 am to Tiger1242
The library in Alexandria was that important? What about Pineville or Nachitoches?
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:17 am to Tiger1242
Yeah we’ll never know. For all we know, it could have had the recipe for Greek fire or some of Socrates’ writings.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:32 am to LordSaintly
It was destroyed by the Jewish Space Lasers.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:39 am to Tiger1242
quote:Writings of historians of the day that survived
How does anyone know or quantify this?
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:40 am to Tiger1242
Maybe it told us who built the Pyramids
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:45 am to Tiger1242
It wiped away the indisputable knowledge that the ancient Egyptians were black and invented everything to that point in time.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:45 am to Tiger1242
Destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols probably cost us as much or more than Alexandria
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:47 am to Tiger1242
You could say the Mongols destroying The House of Wisdom in Baghdad was just as destructive especially to the Middle East
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:48 am to Tiger1242
Epcot clearly explains that Muslim and Jewish scholars had copies of the books.
Now then must of those were lost when Bagdad was razed.
Now then must of those were lost when Bagdad was razed.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 10:48 am to High C
Blacks were the Japanese, the first Brits, and the Vikings
Black Africans built everything, invented everything, and wrote everything. That is why Sub-saharan Africa is basically Wakanda, and not a total shithole.
Black Africans built everything, invented everything, and wrote everything. That is why Sub-saharan Africa is basically Wakanda, and not a total shithole.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 11:15 am to Tiger1242
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How does anyone know or quantify this? If all the knowledge in the Library was destroyed, how do we know what was in there? What if it was just a bunch of bullshite ancient romance novels and myths about their gods?
Let’s say we lost all knowledge from the internet and didn’t get the internet back for 1300 years. That’s roughly what happened there.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 11:19 am to LordSaintly
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For all we know, it could have had the recipe for Greek fire or some of Socrates’ writings.
It almost certainly did. Rome could make better concrete than we currently can, and we have no idea how they did it. It’s why Roman roads and structures have particularly lasted so long.
EDIT: Apparently we have recently figured it out and it’s a mix of lime and volcanic ash they used.
This post was edited on 9/14/24 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 9/14/24 at 11:20 am to Roaad
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Destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols probably cost us as much or more than Alexandria
Yeah that’s up there too, but we still have the European libraries at least. Between those two sacks we’ve probably lost half of written history.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 11:25 am to Tiger1242
Most historians don’t believe the thread title. The Library of Alexandria became what it was because essentially any book that came into port was confiscated and copied. The fact that a copy continued to exist elsewhere is the key point. Were some works likely lost forever because other copies were also lost, and had the library remained, the work would have been safe? Sure. But it’s not nearly the wholesale problem pop historians make it out to be. The loss of wealth was staggering because so many ancient books were lost, but the loss of knowledge wasn’t all that catastrophic.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 11:27 am to OMLandshark
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It almost certainly did. Rome could make better concrete than we currently can, and we have no idea how they did it. It’s why Roman roads and structures have particularly lasted so long.
We know exactly how they did it: LINK
Also, that’s actually the type of thing that generally gets lost to history, because books were incredibly fricking expensive back then, so no one wrote down rudimentary shite everyone already knew, like the recipe for concrete.
Posted on 9/14/24 at 11:32 am to Tiger1242
Listen….there was a lot of information in there…. But I don’t think it was necessarily what you’re thinking of. Like there are histories missing. And cookbooks. And travel logs. And philosophies. And some science. Things like that. There was no technological regression due to losing the library.
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