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A system known as Pinakes was developed at one of these places by Callimachus. The exiled Demetrius of Phalerum proposed the building of one of these places, which employed Zenodotus of Ephesus. One of these places established by Ptolemy I Soter was part (15[1])of a complex known as the Museion (15[1])or “Temple of the (*) Muses." One of these places in Nineveh was named for Ashurbanipal and contained the Epic of Gilgamesh. A fire of unknown (10[1])cause destroyed the largest one of these buildings in ancient times. For 10 points, Alexandria was home to a “Great” example of what places, which housed thousands of books? ■END■

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