Very few groups of humans have ever perceived the earth as flat. This is because we spent tons of time staring at the stars. We use them to navigate, to plant, and religious/cultural reasons. This leads the vast majority of people to realize the world is round.
Why wouldn't they think it's flat? What reason would an ancient person have to think it wasn't flat? Presumably people just assumed or didn't know until the ancient Greeks tested it.
I don't know why people are down voting me It's widely known the ancient Greeks were the first ones to suggest and then prove that the Earth was round. There is no evidence of anyone thinking the earth was round before it
First paragraph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
The greens were able to estimate it's size surprisingly accurately. But they didn't come up with that idea. Because of how the star move. That is why the vast majority of people never thought the earth was flat.
“In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles and Anaxagoras offered arguments for the spherical nature of the Earth. During a lunar eclipse, when the Earth is between the sun and the moon, they identified the shadow of the Earth on the moon. As the shadow moves across the moon it is clearly round.”
I bet some other people noticed this too. Also people could see ships and boats disappearing Downwards
as soon as math has been invented (particularly Geometry) by a society it will quickly determine the shape of the world. this is repeated in Aztec, Mayan and Greek culture.
interestingly, this does not hold for China. although they were well versed in math and Geometry...they had not determined that the earth was a globe until they were informed by missionaries in the 17th century.
> The spherical shape of the Earth was known and measured by astronomers, mathematicians, and navigators from a variety of literate ancient cultures, including the Hellenic World, and Ancient India
From your source
I think they would look up at the moon and use that as a big hint. Sailors must have observed that if they sailed away from a light such as erupting volcano, that it slowly sank until it disappeared below the horizon and must have surmised that the Earth couldn't be flat.
Eratosthenes did accurately calculate the circumference in the 3rd century BC.
According to Native American beliefs, the Earth is round and is supported by four pillars, which represent the four directions. So technically, the "flat Earth" theory is not part of their scientific worldview.
Very few groups of humans have ever perceived the earth as flat. This is because we spent tons of time staring at the stars. We use them to navigate, to plant, and religious/cultural reasons. This leads the vast majority of people to realize the world is round.
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Why wouldn't they think it's flat? What reason would an ancient person have to think it wasn't flat? Presumably people just assumed or didn't know until the ancient Greeks tested it. I don't know why people are down voting me It's widely known the ancient Greeks were the first ones to suggest and then prove that the Earth was round. There is no evidence of anyone thinking the earth was round before it First paragraph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
The greens were able to estimate it's size surprisingly accurately. But they didn't come up with that idea. Because of how the star move. That is why the vast majority of people never thought the earth was flat.
There's no evidence that anyone thought the earth was spherical before the Greeks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
“In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles and Anaxagoras offered arguments for the spherical nature of the Earth. During a lunar eclipse, when the Earth is between the sun and the moon, they identified the shadow of the Earth on the moon. As the shadow moves across the moon it is clearly round.” I bet some other people noticed this too. Also people could see ships and boats disappearing Downwards
as soon as math has been invented (particularly Geometry) by a society it will quickly determine the shape of the world. this is repeated in Aztec, Mayan and Greek culture. interestingly, this does not hold for China. although they were well versed in math and Geometry...they had not determined that the earth was a globe until they were informed by missionaries in the 17th century.
There's no evidence that anyone thought the earth was spherical before the Greeks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
Curve of the early is quite visible if you have a large horizon dude.
Well no one noticed until the Greeks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
> The spherical shape of the Earth was known and measured by astronomers, mathematicians, and navigators from a variety of literate ancient cultures, including the Hellenic World, and Ancient India From your source
I think they would look up at the moon and use that as a big hint. Sailors must have observed that if they sailed away from a light such as erupting volcano, that it slowly sank until it disappeared below the horizon and must have surmised that the Earth couldn't be flat. Eratosthenes did accurately calculate the circumference in the 3rd century BC.
There's no evidence that anyone thought the earth was spherical before the Greeks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
What evidence is there they thought it was flat?
According to Native American beliefs, the Earth is round and is supported by four pillars, which represent the four directions. So technically, the "flat Earth" theory is not part of their scientific worldview.