12-31-2007, 07:02 PM
There was quite a bit destroyed during the Ottoman conquests to, I believe!
I think the story I was told about the library in Egypt was something along the lines of
the generals asked the leader of the time what to do with the Library and his response was along the lines of....
If the books disagree with the Koran, burn them, because they are blasphemy, and if they agree with the Koran, burn them, for we have no need of their knowledge.....
I think the story I was told about the library in Egypt was something along the lines of
the generals asked the leader of the time what to do with the Library and his response was along the lines of....
If the books disagree with the Koran, burn them, because they are blasphemy, and if they agree with the Koran, burn them, for we have no need of their knowledge.....
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
