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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:library
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Library_of_Alexandria
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Mouseion
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gptkbp:collectionSize
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estimated 40,000 to 400,000 scrolls
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Egypt
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gptkbp:destroyedBy
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gptkb:war
gptkb:fire
between 2nd century BCE and 3rd century CE
possible decree by Theophilus
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gptkbp:established
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3rd century BCE
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gptkbp:famousFor
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largest library of the ancient world
center of scholarship
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Great Library
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkb:Renaissance
Western scholarship
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspiration for modern libraries
symbol of lost knowledge
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Alexandria
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gptkbp:notableCollection
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gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Egyptian
other ancient languages
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gptkbp:notableGuest
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gptkb:Herophilus
gptkb:Archimedes
gptkb:Euclid
gptkb:Heron_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Hypatia
Galen
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Apollonius_of_Rhodes
gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samothrace
gptkb:Callimachus
gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkb:Aristophanes_of_Byzantium
gptkb:Zenodotus
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gptkbp:patronage
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Ptolemaic dynasty
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gptkbp:purpose
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collect all knowledge
support scholarship
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina
gptkb:Serapeum_of_Alexandria
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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gptkb:literature
documentaries
films
legends
many historical studies
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Tomorrowland
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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