Definition:Alexandrian School

Definition
The Alexandrian School was active in the city of 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 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, most of its scholars migrated to , preserving the ancient Greek mathematical learning, where it remained for some $800$ more years until the.