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The earliest known library was in ancient Babylonia in the 21st century b.c.. The writings collected there were clay tablets and not books. There were also libraries in ancient Egypt, Assyria and Greece.
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JordanIt is unknown who was involved with the building of the first library, although it is known that the first library was founded around 300 B.C. Aristotle is cited with inspiration for it and King Ptolemy I, the former general and successor to Alexander the great, envisioned the library as the greatest of its kind and as a symbol of Egypt's wealth of knowledge.
The first library was established under the Roman Empire by the then regime. In the United States, the first library was established by one Benjamin Franklin in 1731.
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What city established the first library in america?
The first lending library in America was Philadelphia's Library Company. The city of Philadelphia established the first library in America.
Where is kerala's first registered library?
Central Library, Trivandrum
What was special about the library at Alexandria?
The Library at Alexandria was the first comprehensive collection of works from around the world at that time, and was the first library available to those people not of aristrocracy.
Where was the first library for children?
The first library specifically for children was the Pratt Library for Children, established in 1884 and located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
What is the name of first library and where it is?
The first known library was in Alexandria in Egypt. It was destroyed several times but is still in existence today.
