re: #210 c6gunner

….Also nonsense. The Greeks and Romans had a good start on that, until Christians destroyed Alexandria and turned the Roman empire into an oppressive theocracy. Ok, so they turned it back around a thousand years later. Yippee. Your point is still wrong.

Christians burned the Great Library of Alexandria? Not sure there’s a consensus on that.
Library of Alexandria
Q: Who burned down the Library of Alexandria?

A: This is not known, but there are generally three people that are blamed for it:
* Julius Caesar
* Theophilus
* Caliph Omar
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