Was It Ever Possible to Read "All the Books in the World?"

(worldhistory.substack.com)

3 points | by crescit_eundo 4 hours ago ago

1 comments

  • NishanStepak 4 hours ago ago

    If you go back to Ebla around 2500 bc, there were 1800 clay tablets and 4700 fragments. An average reader can read about 1000 books. A dedicated reader 5000, so yes you could read most of the important early writing. Because I like Wikipedia and this is informal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebla_tablets