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user-inactivated · 2590 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Life and Death of the Library of Alexandria
I really need to get that Durant epic tome and read it or listen to it. Just like the House of Wisdom the main benefits of these places is the concentration of smart people with access to information. Oxford was another one of these nodes for the growth of information. The million number is hilarious on its face; there were not even a million total Persian men at the time. But the winner write history and here we are. I always heard that there were a few hundred Spartans and a few thousand other troops, which fits in with the 7000 number you mention.