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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

out: being mad about the Library of Alexandria
in: being mad about the Mongol destruction of Baghdad

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Honestly, as much as I crave those classical texts, the destruction of Baghdad had much further-reaching effects (especially economic, but certainly including greater loss of potential learning/extant texts) than any, or all, of Alexandria's fires. Baghdad wasn't built in a day, but it was sacked in one.

... metaphorically speaking, since I'm pretty sure the sack was a literal multi-day affair.