Modern writers make different claims about who destroyed the Library of Alexandria. Some blame Julius Caesar while others blame a Christian mob or the invading Arabs. But who is really responsible for the Library’s demise?
Check out Al Muqaddimah’s video: https://youtu.be/ZxwaSMfD8ho
0:00 Introduction
1:56 Two libraries
3:49 The Museum
4:25 Peaked in the 200s BC
5:15 Decline
8:55 Papyrus
10:36 Julius Caesar
16:05 The Serapeum
20:46 Muslims
21:08 Three points
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