Thomas Cahill, a noted historian and Latin languages scholar wrote about
this service to humanity in "How the Irish Saved Civilization," (circa
1996).  This book is part of a series of works about critical historical
moments in human history.  

I checked and Amazon.com still stocks the paperback.

Great discussion about archiving!

Paula Johnson
Director, Policy & Records Administration
University of California, San Diego


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Historical Fact

Fred said:  "What happens when the next "single Superpower of the world"
is a theocracy that believes our civilisation is the work of heathens
and must be destroyed? Real-world example: the destruction of the
civilisation of the ancient world by Christianity, CE 200-1300."

Ah, but the Roman Catholic Church preserved many classical texts.  In
fact, the Irish monks painstakingly copied Greek & Roman classics (in
addition to religious works); then, the Irish repopulated libraries all
over Europe after barbarians swept through and nearly destroyed
everything.  The monks hid the books from invaders, often at the cost of
their own lives.

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