How different might the world be today, if we hadn't lost all of the info from the burning of the library of alexandria?

by tuckmuck203
Searocksandtrees

Sorry, but your submission has been removed because we don't allow hypothetical questions. If possible, please feel free to rephrase the question so that it does not call for such speculation, and resubmit Otherwise, this sort of thing is better suited for /r/HistoryWhatIf.

Meanwhile, you may be interested in what was in the library - see the FAQ

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/antiquity#wiki_library_of_alexandria