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When general
Lysimachus came into control of Western Asia Minor after the Alexander
the Great's death, he found himself in possession of a vast treasure
mainly from the spoils of conquest, he deposited part of this money at
Pergamon.
The Pergamon
treasury which was kept on the acropolis hill was 9000 talents which was
equal to £ 10.000.000 sterling at the present day.
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Book collecting
for the Pergamon Kings was a mania. Pergamon King Eumenes II and his
successors collected manuscripts to fill their library on the acropolis
of Pergamon. The result of this collective fever was enormous. Pergamon
library which rivalled the Alexandrian library held 200.000 books and
soon became a great rival for the library of Alexandria. |
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But Ptolemy,
the king of Egypt, jealous of growing Pergamene collection prohibited
the export of papyrus to Anatolia. The people of Pergamon invented
Parchment and started using books made of Parchment which meant
Pergamene paper.
Pergamon which
became a great center of philosophy and art during the rule of Attalids
was also home for great school of sculpture.
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Pergamon
Asclepion
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