
Episode #140- What Became of the Great Library of Alexandria? (Part II)
Our Fake History
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The Omar Story - The Library Burnt Up
Most scholars are deeply suspicious of the omar story for a number of reasons. This story first appears in histories written many centuries after this event supposedly took place. The early caliphate was famously quite tolerant of both christians and jews. As such, it seems weirdly incongruous that the caliph omar would order the destruction of the library of alexandria.
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