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But "ancient" astronomers would have been even less accurate, and headlines need words that people can instantly recognize.
by m-photonic 12y ago
But "ancient" astronomers would have been even less accurate, and headlines need words that people can instantly recognize.
- michael_fine 12y agoYeah, post-classical would have been the more accurate term, thought I'm not sure it would've had the same comprehensibility.
- vacri 12y agoThe "Classical" world is as limited as "the middle ages" (perhaps even moreso); it mostly deals with the Mediterranean civilisations - and Iran is a long way from there.
- michael_fine 12y agoAccording to my AP World textbook, at least, classical refers to a lot of geographically diverse civilizations, from the Byzantines to the Song Chinese to the Aztecs
- nichtich 12y agoWhat's wrong with 14th century then?
- Someone 12y agoChristianism. The man probably thought he lived around the year 800.