Kaled survived them about three years, and then died; but the
place of his burial--consequently of his death, for they did not use in
those days to carry them far--is uncertain; some say at Hems, others at
Medina.
FOOTNOTES:
[66] Those of Medina are called by that name because they helped Mahomet
in his flight from Mecca.
[67] Those that fled with him are called Mohajerins; by these names the
inhabitants of Mecca and Medina are often distinguished.
SARACENS CONQUER EGYPT
DESTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA
A.D. 640
WASHINGTON IRVING
Who shall estimate the loss to civilization and the world that has
been caused by the destruction of accumulated stores of books,
through the crass ignorance or stupid bigotry of benighted rulers?
The chronicles record a number of such vandal acts. Hwangti, one of
China's greatest monarchs, he who built the Great Wall of China,
attempted the complete extinction of literature in that country,
B.C. 213. That prince, being at one time strongly opposed by
certain men of letters, expressed his hatred and contempt, not only
of the literary class, but of literature itself, and resorted to
extreme measures of coercion.
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