Great moments in Empire III
Here’s an image I just made for this morning’s lecture on writing systems of the world (and specifically why we know so little about the Mayan writing system):
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July 21st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
One of the greatest cultural crimes in world history. It is probably the book burning with the greatest historical effect.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 am
Yes, absolutely. Only the destruction of the Library of Alexandria and the burning of books by the first Emperor of Qin come to mind as possible comparisons. But neither of them was connected with the genocidal domination of the culture whose books were destroyed, and consequently I don’t think those losses were as great.