Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ergo sum]

Hulegu the Grandson utterly destroyed the place but spared the Christians it is said at the request of his wife, who was a Christian as was the Leader of his army. That is why they have always blamed it on the Christians though it is impossible to tell what exactly Hugelu worshipped.

OBL I think spoke of it in his early post 911 rant, if I remember correctly. I think it was Darius who first did in the cuneiform library in like 500 BC

More than why, I want to know who did this. I can think of many good reasons for almost everyone involved but it is very difficult for me to understand that someone would burn these places rather than loot them.