The
Greeks
showed great interest in culture and education that Alexandria– and no longer Athens – became the capital of culture . The School of
Alexandria
played an important role in different domains (such as science and math) . Some of the well known scientists were Euclides who wrote a book in geometry , and Archimedes who proposed the Theory of Floating . The building of the zoo during the reign of
Ptolemy II
and bringing animals from outside
Egypt
helped a lot in the development of biology and zoology .
The School of Alexandria concentrated as well on geography and history , the popular approach that appeared at that time was the history of the historian Manetho . As for literature , there was a style known as the Alexandrian literature . The popular literary work was "Iliad and Odyssey" written by Homer , as well as poetic and critical works .
Another important cultural center was the library located at Alexandria which contained the largest number of books in different languages in many domains . The manuscripts reached about a half million books . In addition , there was another smaller library attached to the Serapeum . The library of Alexandria continued to work
until it was burnt in 48 BC
, during the war between
Caesar
and Ptolemy XIII .
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-Ptolemy II (Philadelophos)