Episode #139- What Became of the Great Library of Alexandria? (Part I)
Our Fake History
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The History of the City of Alexandria
Ptolemy the second's tolerance led to alexandria becoming a hub for jewish culture and scholarship. Erastathenes, who was the head librarian between two forty five and two o four b c, made the first accurate measurement of the circumference of the earth while working at the library. The astronomer aristarchus determined that the earth revolved around the sun, some 16 hundred years before copernicus. On top of that, the great library also became an important centre for ancient science and engineering. After this, countless other vernacular translations would use the septicanta their starting point. That's a big deal.
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