Scientific Peak: Great Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria
283 BCE
Ptolemy II completes the Lighthouse and Mouseion, making Alexandria the ancient world's intellectual capital.
Sources and References
Lettre d'Aristée à Philocrate & Pline l'Ancien, Histoire Naturelle (XXXVI, 18)
Fouilles sous-marines du Phare d'Alexandrie (Jean-Yves Empereur, CEAlex)
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332 BCE
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196 BCE
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525 BCE
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30 BCE
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663 BCE
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Founding of XXVIth Dynasty and Saite Renaissance
664 BCE
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331 BCE
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141 BCE
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447 BCE
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