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re: what do you think was lost in the burning of the library of Alexandria?

Posted on 4/21/15 at 11:32 am to Tiger1242
Posted by constant cough
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Posted on 4/21/15 at 11:32 am to Tiger1242
A lot was lost. It was the most important library of knowledge in the world at the time.
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Posted by Lakeboy7
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Posted on 4/21/15 at 11:38 am to constant cough
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A lot was lost.


Yep, they have a pretty good idea of what was lost by things being referenced in works that survived.

The big losses were in engineering, medicine, history and literature.
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