(History) Breaking World Records Flashcards
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Library of Alexandria
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- 283 BC
- Large archive of texts
- Major part located in the Temple of Serapis
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Destruction of Library of Alexandria
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- Near 48 AD
- Julius Ceasar - burning ships
- Theophilus - Temple of Serapis which contained 10%
- Moslem Caliph Omar - order docs to be burned 640 AD
- Cyril also part
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Preservations of Library of Alexandria by Mark Antony
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- Supposedly transferred 200k scrolls to Cleopatra
- Books & writings scattered around middle east
- Library still exists in pieces
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House of Wisdom
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- Library founded by Caliph Al-mamun in the 700s
- Contains scripts in Pahlavi, Syriac, Greek & Sanskrit translated to Arabic
- Open for public at the time
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Origin of the House of Wisdom
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- Muawiyah I of the Umayyad dynasty
- Collected a lot of books in Damascus
- Promotion for scholarship by Caliph Al Masurand Al-mamun
- Pushing the Islamic golden age forward
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Destruction of the House of Wisdom
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- 1258, Baghdad
- Mongols attacked region & threw books into rivers
- Rivers ran black for 6 months due to ink
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Mongols barrier of expansion
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- Genghis Khan took over most of Asia in 1026
- Started with Europe
- Temperature different
- Ghenghis Khan died
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Dendrochronology to see why Genghis Khan didn’t take over Europe
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- Cold & wet conditions
- Little mobility & efficiency for the Khan
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Khan’s death
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- Before reaching Hungary, Ogodei took over
- Ogodei died soon in 1241, maybe due to bad weather
- Giant empire collapsed
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Tripitaka Koreana
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- Big collection of Buddhism texts
- Located in Haeinsa Tempt rn
- Transfered to Heainsa & safekept in depositories
- All wood blocks transfered into copper & digitized
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Creations & destruction of Tripitaka Koreana
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- Completed in 1087
- Destroyed in 1232 by Mongols
- 1237, King Gojong ordered to remake & damage proof the collection using salt, seawater, …
- Carved into wood on Ganghwa Island, completed in 11 years
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Awards for Tripitaka Koreana
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- Deemed National Treasure in 1962
- UNESCO heritage site in 1995
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Century Safe
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- First ever planned time capsule
- Created in 1876 at the US Centennial Expo in Philadelphia & sealed in 1879
- Gold pen & ink stand
- Book on temperance
- Civilian & famous figures’ signatures
- Picture of Ulysses Grant and other figures from Mathew Brady
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Discovery of Century Safe
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- Opened at bicentennial festivals in 1976
- Attended by Gerald Ford
- Mike Mansfied fulfilled “the wish of a lady who sought to speak to us from the other side of a 100-year gulf.”
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Massachusetts State House Time Capsule
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- Oldest time capsule, unplanned, 1795
- Created by Samuel Adams & Paul Revere
- Opened in 1855 to add & clean