Makes sense that books and learning are preserved in times of peace and lost at times of war. Probably also kept/lost based on the fundamentalism of the ruling

Makes sense that books and learning are preserved in times of peace and lost at times of war. Probably also kept/lost based on the fundamentalism of the ruling elite, as much was preserved through Muslim Spain before the reconquista. This is a lesson for modern times, in that we should care for the digital records - they will be harder to preserve and read in the future than papyrus and clay unless we piggyback technology forward.