Why was the great library of alexandria important? a. it allowed residents of the city to borrow books for free. b. it attracted brilliant scholars from around the ancient world. c. it demonstrated the wealth of egypt under the ptolemies. d. it reflected the dominance of hellenistic culture.

B. It attracted brilliant scholars from around the ancient world.

The Great Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous and most significant libraries of antiquity. It was created under the reign of the Ptolemaic dynasty, and it transformed Alexandria (now Egypt) into a city of culture and knowledge. Great scholars from all over the world came to study at the library, as it included a museum, lecture halls, meeting rooms, gardens, a dining room and a zoo with exotic animals. Among the scholars who studied or carried out research at the library were Euclid, Archimedes, Eratosthenes and Hypatia. The library is also famous because it was burned down (either all at once, or on separate occasions), leading to the loss of enormous amounts of knowledge.

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