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Fishers? Also, a flat stretch of land will do nicely, too. It doesn't take long to notice the discrepancy of hills… and we have the actual calculations of the

Fishers? Also, a flat stretch of land will do nicely, too. It doesn't take long to notice the discrepancy of hills… and we have the actual calculations of the ancients to prove that they knew; they're fairly accurate, too.

chrisseaton 5y ago
You’re arguing against widely accepted facts. I don’t know why. > Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat Earth cosmography, including Greece until the classical period (323 BC), the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period (31 BC), and China until the 17th century. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth
- wizzwizz4 5y ago
  I thought the classical period was earlier than that! Thanks for the correction.
- Retric 5y ago
  That’s over stating the case, the Shield of Achilles doesn’t demonstrate a flat earth cosmology, and shields of that time period where generally curved not flat to provide better protection to the arm. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/3196_-_Athens_-_Stoà_of_Attalus_Museum_-_Spartan_shield_(425_BC)_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall'Orto%2C_Nov_9_2009.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/3196_-_A... Indian philosophy uses a spherical earth in 6th century BC as well as many thinkers in Ancient Greece like Pythagoras.
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  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    I don’t know what to say - that article includes countless examples of societies that thought the Earth was flat until they learned otherwise. If you’ve got other theories then great for you but I’m guessing they’re not mainstream.
    - Retric 5y ago
      I am not disagreeing so much as saying there was more nuance. For a direct quote from that link: “early Muslims tended to also view the Earth as flat” In other words it was a common belief, but not universally accepted fact. So saying that culture believed in a flat earth isn’t true anymore than saying they believed the earth was round.
elzbardico 5y ago
FWIW, when I was some 3 to 4 years old I remember I was a flat earther and even had nightmares about that. My mother had to actually explain to me that the world is an spheroid so I would stop having those terrifying nightmares where I fell off the edge of the world.

chrisseaton 5y ago

You’re arguing against widely accepted facts. I don’t know why. > Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat Earth cosmography, including Greece until the classical period (323 BC), the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period (31 BC), and China until the 17th century. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth

wizzwizz4 5y ago
I thought the classical period was earlier than that! Thanks for the correction.
Retric 5y ago
That’s over stating the case, the Shield of Achilles doesn’t demonstrate a flat earth cosmology, and shields of that time period where generally curved not flat to provide better protection to the arm. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/3196_-_Athens_-_Stoà_of_Attalus_Museum_-_Spartan_shield_(425_BC)_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall'Orto%2C_Nov_9_2009.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/3196_-_A... Indian philosophy uses a spherical earth in 6th century BC as well as many thinkers in Ancient Greece like Pythagoras.
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- chrisseaton 5y ago
  I don’t know what to say - that article includes countless examples of societies that thought the Earth was flat until they learned otherwise. If you’ve got other theories then great for you but I’m guessing they’re not mainstream.
  - Retric 5y ago
    I am not disagreeing so much as saying there was more nuance. For a direct quote from that link: “early Muslims tended to also view the Earth as flat” In other words it was a common belief, but not universally accepted fact. So saying that culture believed in a flat earth isn’t true anymore than saying they believed the earth was round.

elzbardico 5y ago

FWIW, when I was some 3 to 4 years old I remember I was a flat earther and even had nightmares about that. My mother had to actually explain to me that the world is an spheroid so I would stop having those terrifying nightmares where I fell off the edge of the world.