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The '''Alexandrian School''' was active in the city of {{WP|Alexandria|Alexandria}} for the approximate millennium leading up to the city's destruction in $641$ C.E.
It stood as the cultural hub of the Greek sphere of influence.
The {{WP|Musaeum|Alexandrian Musaeum}} stood at the centre of this hub, and has been argued as being the archetypal forerunner of the modern University.
It had a library which, at its peak, is believed to have contained over $700 \, 000$ volumes.
After the fall of {{WP|Alexandria|Alexandria}}, most of its scholars migrated to {{WP|Constantinople|Constantinople}}, preserving the ancient Greek mathematical learning, where it remained for some $800$ more years until the {{WP|Renaissance|Renaissance}}.
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