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Date c. 300 BCE - c. 275
Related People Eratosthenes • Apollonius of Rhodes • Mostafa El-Abbadi • Aristophanes Of Byzantium • Zenodotus Of Ephesus • Aristarchus Of Samothrace

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Books. Lord Alfred Tennyson. Lord Byron. Poetry. Reading. Literacy. Library. Antique. A stack of four antique leather bound books.
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India. UNESCO World Heritage Site (minarets; Muslim, architecture; Islamic architecture; marble; mausoleum)
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