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Originally Posted by Johny Traffic
No it wasn't, The Egyptians well over 2,000 years ago not only knew the world was round, they had even measured it using shadows and got it quite accurate. But even before that going back to Persian or Babylonian astrologers 3,000 years ago. They knew the world was round.
In fact we have no written evidence of any ancient civilizations ever thinking the world was flat.
the first man to sail around the world and prove the world was round was Ferdinand Magellan, but even in his time, no one believed the world was flat. He just proved what everyone already knew
For some reason some people still believe that in Columbus time, people thought the world was flat, which is probably where you get your opinion from. But everybody knew that the world was a sphere by the time Columbus was born
Do US schools still teach the myth that Columbus proved the world was round or another period of time you are referring to?
Or did you pick that 'fact' up from watching cartoons?  |
i am well aware that the greeks knew the earth was not flat etc, i was not aware the egyptians knew it but whatever, that knowledge was not passed on and was basically forgotten, i was merely making a point which was easy to convey pointing out that the minority is not always wrong.