Libraries timeline
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Updated: 16 Nov 2017
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Created byChris Forest
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Temple in the Babylonian town of NippurChinese works of antiquity
were recoveredGreek librariesA full edition
of Aristotle’s
library in RomeAlexandrian library
by Ptolemy I SoterPergamum
libraryPrivate libraries
in RomeJulius Caesar
LibraryBibliotheca Ulpia
by TrajanIslamic worldEuropean monastic
librariesThe end of the monastic libraries in EnglandUniversitiy, church, and school
libraries were purged of books
embodying the “old learning”Parish libraries established in EnglandPeriods
Dvelopment of private book
collections in EuropeBook collecting became more widespread
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