Libraries in the ancient world
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"It was in Egypt and Mesopotamia, lands abundantly watered by great rivers, that civilization arose."
200 pages
~3h 20min to read
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This important book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Renowned classicist Lionel Casson takes us on a lively tour from the royal libraries of the ancient Near East, through the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, down to the first Christian monastic libraries. from the cover
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