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1. Library Of Alexandria

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   The Library's growth was aggressive and systematic. A primary method for increasing the scroll count involved the mandate that any ship docking in the Alexandrian harbor was subject to inspection. Transcribed copies of texts found aboard were often retained for the Library’s collection, a practice sometimes involving the seizure of originals under the pretext of mandatory textual comparison [3].
   Estimates regarding the total number of scrolls vary wildly, partly due to confusion between the primary Great Library (housed near the royal quarter) a…