Ancient Libraries: A Brief History

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:56 What is Cuneiform?
2:20 The Tablets from Nippur
3:24 Assyrian clay tablets
5:00 Burning of the Books in Ancient China
7:04 When Did Archives become Libraries?
10:23 Library of Alexandria
11:26 How did Alexandra get so many books?
13:23 Did the Library of Alexandria Burn Down?

Resources used:
Chan, Lois Mai. "The Burning of the Books in China, 213 BC." The Journal of Library History (1966-1972), vol. 7, no. 2, University of Texas Press, 1972, pp. 101–08, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25540352.
https://www.historyofinformation.com/...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/a-libr...
Heller-Roazen, Daniel. “Tradition’s Destruction: On the Library of Alexandria.” October, vol. 100, The MIT Press, 2002, pp. 133–53, http://www.jstor.org/stable/779096.

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