What can be inferred about the loss of the library's collection?
The Library of Alexandria was founded in Egypt in the third century BC and became one of the greatest centres of learning in the ancient world. Rulers ordered that every ship entering the harbour be searched for books, which were copied so that the library could keep the originals. Scholars at the library worked on mathematics, astronomy, medicine and literature, and one of them measured the circumference of the Earth with remarkable accuracy. The library declined over several centuries because of wars, fires and loss of funding, and no one knows for certain exactly how or when its collection was lost.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. The exact details are uncertain.
- Step 1: The passage says no one knows exactly how or when.
Answer
The exact details are uncertain.
Why not the others: It was destroyed in a single night., It was sold to merchants. and It was moved to Rome. do not fit.
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