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Topic | If Library of Alexandria wasn't destroyed, how much more might we have advanced? |
pres_madagascar 09/03/17 4:27:04 AM #21: | Dash_Harber posted... Not much. There was basically know way to spread knowledge back then besides conquering nearby places. Things would be 'discovered' several times by several different places because they were just too distant to actually transmit knowledge. On top of that, governments of the time basically meant 'whoever is in charge owns everything', so it would be completely up to them whether any resources were spent utilizing said resources. Trade with the Arab world is what lead to the Italian renaissance. No conquering or war involved there. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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