The Library Of Alexandria And The Lighthouse Of Alexandria: The Ancient Egy…
Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:The Library Of Alexandria And The Lighthouse Of Alexandria: The Ancient Egyptian City’s Most Famous SitesISBN13:9781499374520ISBN10:1499374526Author:Charles River Editors (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) – *Includes Pictures Depicting Important People, Places, And Events *Includes Ancient Accounts About The Two Sites And Their Destruction *Includes A Bibliography For Further Reading In The Modern World, Libraries Are Taken For Granted By Most People, Perhaps Because Their Presence Is Ubiquitous Every School Has A Library, Large Libraries Can Be Found In Every Major City, And Even Most Small Towns Have Public Libraries However, The Omnipresent Nature Of Libraries Is A Fairly Recent Historical Phenomenon, Because Libraries Were Still Few And Far Between Before The 19Th Century For Centuries In The Western World, During What Is Known As The Middle Ages, Written Knowledge Was Guarded Closely And Hidden Away In Private Repositories, Usually By The Religious Classes, And Hidden Away In Private Repositories The Lack Of Libraries In The West Helped Contribute To The Popular Imagination Of The Ancient Library At Alexandria, And All The Myths And Legends That Have Come To Be Associated With It, But The Library Of Alexandria Deserves Its Reputation While The Exact Nature Of The Library Remains Murky, It Functioned For At Least Several Centuries And Is Believed To Have Housed Hundreds Of Thousands Of Books, Most Written As Scrolls On Papyrus, And It Essentially Became The Culmination Of Two Ancient Literary And Cultural Traditions Converging: The Greek And Egyptian Of Course, The Most Controversial Aspect Of The Library Of Alexandria Is Its Destruction, Which Is Still A Topic Of Debate Today Over 2,000 Years Ago, Two Ancient Writers Named Antipater Of Sidon And Philo Of Byzantium Authored Antiquity’s Most Well Known Tour Guides After The Two Greeks Had Traveled Around The Mediterranean, They Wrote Of What They Considered To Be The Classical World’s Greatest Construction Projects While There Is Still Some Question As To Who Actually Authored The Text Attributed To Philo And When It Was Authored, Their Lists Ended Up Comprising The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, Igniting Interest In The Ones They Chose And Inspiring Subsequent Generations To Identify Their Own Era’s Seven Wonders The Youngest Of The Wonders Also Turned Out To Be The Most Practical And One Of The Longest-Lived, Surviving Into The Late Middle Ages It Was A Lighthouse Built On The Northern Coast Of Egypt In Africa, At The Greek City Founded In Alexander’s Name It Was The Pharos, The Great Lighthouse Of Alexandria Among Antiquity’s Wonders, The Lighthouse Of Alexandria Was Fairly Unique Both In Terms Of Its Purpose And Its Secular Nature While Pyramids And Statues Served Religious Purposes In Egypt And Greece, And Others Were Impressive Works Of Art, The Origins Of The Lighthouse Were Not Even As A Lighthouse At All Instead, The Large Formation On The Island Of Pharos In The Harbor Of Alexandria Was Originally Meant To Help Sailors Identify The Location Of The City During The Day, And Some Speculate It Was Not Until Later That Alexandrians Decided To Make It A True Lighthouse That Would Serve Sailors At Night While There Is Still Debate Over Its Height, The Lighthouse Of Alexandria Was Unquestionably One Of The Tallest Man-Made Structures In The World At The Time, If Not The Tallest While Ancient Accounts Often Exaggerated Its Height, Medieval Arab Sources Often Claimed It Was Somewhere Around 300-350 Feet Tall, With An Incredibly Wide Base, And Those Sources Wrote At A Time Where It Had Already Required Repairs Due To Earthquake Damage Efforts To Repair It Kept Going Until The 14Th Century, When The Damage Was So Extensive That It Was Mostly Left In Ruins, The Last Of Which Were Taken For Other Building Projects Andor Slipped Underneath The Mediterranean Fortunately, Due To Descriptions Of The Lighthouse And Archaeological Remains, Modern Scholars Are Able To Understand This Wonder Better Than Most, And There May Even Be Future Attempts To Build A Replica And Bring It Back To Life Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2014-05-07Weight:0.23 lbsDimensions:0.14” H x 9.02” L x 5.98” WNumber of Pages:68Language:English
The Library Of Alexandria: The History And Legacy Of The Ancient World’s Mo…
Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:The Library Of Alexandria: The History And Legacy Of The Ancient World’s Most Famous LibraryISBN13:9781542764513ISBN10:1542764513Author:Charles River Editors (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) – *Includes Pictures Depicting Important People, Places, And Events *Includes Ancient Accounts About The Library Of Alexandria And Its Destruction *Includes A Bibliography For Further Reading When I Wrote ‘The Alexandria Link, ‘ I Discovered That We Are Only Aware Of About 10 Percent Of The Knowledge Of The Ancient World In The Ancient World, Most Of The Knowledge Was Destroyed – Steve Berry In The Modern World, Libraries Are Taken For Granted By Most People, Perhaps Because Their Presence Is Ubiquitous Every School Has A Library, Large Libraries Can Be Found In Every Major City, And Even Most Small Towns Have Public Libraries However, The Omnipresent Nature Of Libraries Is A Fairly Recent Historical Phenomenon, Because Libraries Were Still Few And Far Between Before The 19Th Century For Centuries In The Western World, During What Is Known As The Middle Ages, Written Knowledge Was Guarded Closely And Hidden Away In Private Repositories, Usually By The Religious Classes, And Hidden Away In Private Repositories The Lack Of Libraries In The West Has Helped Contribute To The Popular Imagination Of The Ancient Library At Alexandria, And All The Myths And Legends That Have Come To Be Associated With It, But The Library Of Alexandria Deserves Its Reputation Before The Middle Ages, Greek Scholars Carefully Collected And Inventoried Books And Other Written Materials In The Library Of Alexandria, Which Truly Made It A Sort Of Precursor To All Modern Libraries In Fact, The Library Of Alexandria Proved To Be One Of The Greatest Institutions Created In The Ancient World Because It Influenced The Minds Of Countless People In Profound Ways For Centuries The Library Not Only Inspired The Imaginations Of Artists But Gave Birth To New Research Methods, Which Proved To Provide The Basis For Many Considered Common-Place Today The Library Of Alexandria Was One Of The Few Libraries In The Ancient Greek World, Which Helped Ensure That Mathematicians, Scientists And Other Scholars From Across The Mediterranean Traveled To Egypt To Study There, And It Was So Impressive In Its Size And Influence That It Left An Indelible Mark On The World That Still Reverberates Today While The Exact Nature Of The Library Remains Murky, It Functioned For At Least Several Centuries And Is Believed To Have Housed Hundreds Of Thousands Of Books, Most Written As Scrolls On Papyrus, And It Essentially Became The Culmination Of Two Ancient Literary And Cultural Traditions Converging: The Greek And Egyptian Of Course, The Most Controversial Aspect Of The Library Of Alexandria Is Its Destruction, Which Is Still A Topic Of Debate Today Several Ancient Historians Attributed Its Destruction To The Roman Conquest Of Egypt During The 1St Century B C , With Some Like Plutarch Specifically Citing Julius Caesar’s Soldiers As The Ultimate Cause Of Its Destruction The Roman Writer Seneca Wrote That 40,000 Books Were Lost In The Fire However, Other Ancient Historians Claimed To Have Gone To The Library Of Alexandria After Caesar Stayed In The City, And All Of These Claims Might Be Muddled By The Fact That There Was More Than One Library In The Area It’s Possible That The Library Of Alexandria Or Some Version Of It Survived Until The 7Th Century A D , But Either Way, The Destruction Of The Library Is Often Viewed As One Of The Reasons The Middle Ages Were Dark Nobody Knows For Sure How Much Knowledge Was Lost In The Library, Nor How It Affected What Western Societies Knew And Didn’t During Medieval Times The Library Of Alexandria: The History And Legacy Of The Ancient World’s Most Famous Library Looks At The History Of The Library In An Attempt To Separate Fact And Fiction Along With Pictures Of Important People, Places, And Events, You Will Learn About The Library Of Alexandria Like Never Before Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-01-26Weight:0.29 lbsDimensions:0.1” H x 11.02” L x 8.5” WNumber of Pages:46Language:English
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