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To: Brumar89 who wrote (49488)	3/12/2014 10:38:28 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Christians have a long history of burning down halls of learning... Library of Antioch Ancient Syria 364 AD The library was burnt by Emperor Jovian. It had been heavily stocked by the aid of his non-Christian predecessor, Emperor Julian Pompeys Pillar Library of the Serapeum Alexandria Ancient Egypt 392 AD The library was burned and looted at the decree of Theophilus of Alexandria, who was so ordered by Theodosius I. Imperial Library of Constantinople Byzantine Empire 1204 AD The Crusaders In 1204, the library became a target of the knights of the Fourth Crusade. The library itself was destroyed and its contents burned or sold. The great part of the library that was saved later became absorbed into the Ottoman Sultan's library after the Muslim forces of Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Turks, captured Constantinople at the end of the siege of 1453. Granada Madrassah Library Granada Crown of Castile 1499 AD Troops commanded by Cardinal Cisneros The library was attacked by troops of Cardinal Cisneros in late 1499, the books were taken to the Plaza Bib-Rambla, where they were burned in public. Dresden Codex Maya codices of the Yucatán Mexico and Guatemala 1562-07-12 AD Bishop De Landa, a Franciscan monk and conquistador during the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, wrote: "We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they (the Maya) regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction." Only three extant codices are widely considered unquestionably authentic. Burning of Washington 1814 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. United States 1814 AD Troops of the British Army The library was destroyed during the War of 1812 when British forces set fire to the U.S. Capitol during the Burning of Washington. University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama United States 1865-05-04 AD Troops of the Union Army During the American Civil War, Union troops destroyed most buildings on the University of Alabama campus, including its library of approximately 7,000 volumes. A Royal library of the Kings of Burma Mandalay Palace Burma 1885 - 1887 AD Troops of the British Army The British looted the palace at the end of the 3rd Anglo-Burmese War (some of the artefacts which were taken away are still on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London) and burned down the royal library. Library of the Catholic University of Leuven Belgium 1914-08-25 German Occupation Troops The Germans set the library on fire as part of the burning of the entire city in an attempt to use terror to quell Belgian resistance to occupation. Berlin Book Burning Berlin Nazi Germany On 6 May 1933, the Deutsche Studentenschaft made an organised attack on the Institute of Sex Research. A few days later, the Institute's library and archives were publicly hauled out and burned in the streets of the Opernplatz. Louvain Library WWI Library of the Catholic University of Leuven Belgium 1940-05-15 AD German Occupation Troops Caught fire during German invasion of Louvain, Belgium.