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3. TIME LINE
2,500 BC Ancient Libraries The first library was probably located in a temple at the city of Nippur, Babylonia. A number of rooms were used to store clay tablets. Ancient Egypt and China also had libraries
2700-2200 BC EBLA (TELL MARDIKH) TABLETS an ancient city that flourished between 2700 and 2200 B.C. in what is now northern Syria. Nearly 15,000 tablets and fragments were found, but when joined together they will consitute about 2,500 tablets. Written in the cuneiform characters originated by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, adapted to the language of Ebla's Semitic inhabitants.
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