Paragraftan ÇıkarımSoru #10767
The Legacy of the Library of Alexandria
Founded in the third century BCE under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the Great Library of Alexandria was envisioned as the universal repository of all human knowledge. Ptolemaic royal decrees mandated that every ship entering the port of Alexandria be searched for written scrolls; scribes promptly copied the confiscated manuscripts, retaining the originals for the library and returning copies to the travelers. At its zenith, the institution held an estimated half a million papyrus rolls spanning philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and literature. Celebrated polymaths such as Eratosthenes, who accurately calculated Earth's circumference, and Archimedes conducted foundational research within its colonnaded halls. Contrary to popular dramatizations attributing its demise to a single catastrophic inferno set by Julius Caesar, modern historical consensus indicates that the library suffered a protracted decline spanning centuries, exacerbated by budget cuts, political purges, and civil strife. The author dispels a popular historical myth by asserting that the library's destruction was ----.
- A)instigated exclusively by Roman mathematical theorists
- B)entirely staged by Renaissance historians with no evidence
- C)caused by a colossal tsunami that submerged the entire Egyptian coastline
- D)prevented by Ptolemaic scribes who hid all books in desert caves
- E)the result of a gradual decay over centuries rather than a single sudden catastrophic fire
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Doğru cevap: E) the result of a gradual decay over centuries rather than a single sudden catastrophic fire
Çözüm: Son cümlede kütüphanenin Sezar'ın tek bir yangınıyla değil, yüzyıllar süren bütçe kesintileri ve siyasi iç karışıklıklarla kademeli çöktüğü vurgulanmıştır. Doğru cevap E'dir.