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I wonder how this squares with the Babylonian concept of a round earth. It seems odd that so much was uh, “inspired” by their texts but the shape of the earth
by alex_young 3y ago
I wonder how this squares with the Babylonian concept of a round earth. It seems odd that so much was uh, “inspired” by their texts but the shape of the earth was exempted.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy#:~:text=In%20Babylonian%20cosmology%2C%20the%20Earth,was%20not%20exactly%20geocentric%20either https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy#:~:text....
- Zancarius 3y agoWe have some idea of the evolution of the Babylonian view of the Earth and its approximate dimensions/shape: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_Map_of_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_Map_of_the_World This idea probably wasn't unique to the Babylonians, but this approximation of a disc-shaped Earth was fairly commonplace up to and including the Exhilic Period (biblical texts likely being influenced, at least in part, by the Babylonian views though much of the text is certainly constructed of polemic narratives).