Alexandria: The Ancient Greek Megacity Of Knowledge Metropolis Timeline
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Date: 2022-10-19
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Rogue
What is mind boggling to me is the fact that the ancient Muslim empire, Greeks & Romans were so advanced yet nearly all all of it was lost with the onset of the dark ages not to be re-invented until centuries later. It s honestly terrifying that so much advancement can be lost so rapidly.
But what I don t understand is WHY so much of the technology that wasn t directly related to the infrastructure that collapsed was lost when tons of examples were still standing & available to study & replicate.
The fact that multiple times in history almost everyone knew how to read. Something not seen again for centuries.
Also the amount of medical knowledge & basic understanding of how the body functioned that was obtained & then lost only to take centuries to be rediscovered/relearned is also shocking.
It s not just the physical technology that is mind blowing but also the loss of sociological & political advancements as well. The fact that equality between races has been achieved multiple times in large cultures like the Greek Empire & to a certain extent the Roman Empire & in a few cases there was also basic equality between males & females. Yet we STILL ARE STRUGGLING with these issues today. But what scares & worries me from studying history is the fact equality was lost over & over. And it was typically lost rapidly & violently. Living in the US right now I fear the slide backwards towards losing our advancements towards absolute equality may have begun.
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What is mind boggling to me is the fact that the ancient Muslim empire, Greeks & Romans were so advanced yet nearly all all of it was lost with the onset of the dark ages not to be re-invented until centuries later. It s honestly terrifying that so much advancement can be lost so rapidly.
But what I don t understand is WHY so much of the technology that wasn t directly related to the infrastructure that collapsed was lost when tons of examples were still standing & available to study & replicate.
The fact that multiple times in history almost everyone knew how to read. Something not seen again for centuries.
Also the amount of medical knowledge & basic understanding of how the body functioned that was obtained & then lost only to take centuries to be rediscovered/relearned is also shocking.
It s not just the physical technology that is mind blowing but also the loss of sociological & political advancements as well. The fact that equality between races has been achieved multiple times in large cultures like the Greek Empire & to a certain extent the Roman Empire & in a few cases there was also basic equality between males & females. Yet we STILL ARE STRUGGLING with these issues today. But what scares & worries me from studying history is the fact equality was lost over & over. And it was typically lost rapidly & violently. Living in the US right now I fear the slide backwards towards losing our advancements towards absolute equality may have begun.
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Amolajuan
Question. if this is such a megacity of knowledge, why didn't they build it by the acropolis or some other fantastic knowledge place in Greece? That would seem like a nice place for the Aristotle's to appreciate. wouldn't have to go to Black Africa to build such fantastic renowned knowledge based library when you build it right next to the ones already in Europe. no?
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Question. if this is such a megacity of knowledge, why didn't they build it by the acropolis or some other fantastic knowledge place in Greece? That would seem like a nice place for the Aristotle's to appreciate. wouldn't have to go to Black Africa to build such fantastic renowned knowledge based library when you build it right next to the ones already in Europe. no?
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Tim
Excellent presentation. Such a pity that the Egyptian authorities are so restrictive of access for archaeology and learning.
Imagine how much MORE there is to learn from that country?
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Excellent presentation. Such a pity that the Egyptian authorities are so restrictive of access for archaeology and learning.
Imagine how much MORE there is to learn from that country?
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BugBug
Egyptians didn't build the pyramids. They inherited them. You can tell as they tried to recreate the pyramids and they've all since fallen apart along the nile. They couldn't do it
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Egyptians didn't build the pyramids. They inherited them. You can tell as they tried to recreate the pyramids and they've all since fallen apart along the nile. They couldn't do it
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only
I enjoyed that listening in bed before going to sleep. I don't state that as an insult its the truth and a compliment if that makes any sense
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I enjoyed that listening in bed before going to sleep. I don't state that as an insult its the truth and a compliment if that makes any sense
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Mohammed
Fantastic historical coverage about Metropolis to Ancient famously Alexandria & Ancient Greek civilization trailer gloriously found
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Fantastic historical coverage about Metropolis to Ancient famously Alexandria & Ancient Greek civilization trailer gloriously found
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