Library of Alexandria founded
300 BCE* · Event
The Ptolemies found the Mouseion and library at Alexandria (planned under Ptolemy I, probably built under Ptolemy II); ambition is to collect every book in the world.
On these timelines: Master, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Arts and Thoughts, North Africa
Around 300 BCE
- Wars of the Diadochi (322 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Reign of Alexander the Great (336 BCE)
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)