As early as 3000 BC, there were various records carved on clay tablets in the temples of Babylon. The earliest collection sites were the collection sites of Greek temples and the collection sites attached to the Greek Philosophy Institute (4th century BC).
The earliest library-Nineveh Library in Mesopotamia (founded by King Ashgabat of Assyria, so it is also called Ashgabat Library).
According to the archaeological findings, we know that the earliest library in the world was in Mesopotamia Plain. Nineveh Library is famous all over the world. This is the most complete, largest and complete ancient civilization site library excavated today. It was more than 400 years earlier than the famous Alexandria Library (the largest library in ancient times) in Egypt, and because of the particularity of mud-printed books, it was not destroyed by the war like Alexandria Library, and most of them were preserved.
Libraries in China have a long history. It's just that at first we didn't call it a library, a mansion, a pavilion, a view, a stage, a temple, a courtyard, a hall, a study and a building. For example, the Lian Zhai in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Shiqu Pavilion, Dongguan Pavilion and Lantai Pavilion in the Han Dynasty, Guanwen Temple in the Sui Dynasty, Chongwen Academy in the Song Dynasty, Lianshengtang in the Ming Dynasty, and Qige Pavilion in the Four Ku Quanshu in the Qing Dynasty. "Library" is a foreign word, which was introduced into China from Japan at the end of 19.