grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-23 months ago“They thought the earth was flat”thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down10
arrow-up1379arrow-down1image“They thought the earth was flat”thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareAmberskin@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoNo, they didn’t. Earth shape has been known at least since the classic Greek times, and probably even before that in non-western civilizations.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe rough shape has been known for some 3000 years before the classic Greek times. But I don’t know how the precision evolved. I know the Greek measured it to some 5% precision.
No, they didn’t.
Earth shape has been known at least since the classic Greek times, and probably even before that in non-western civilizations.
The rough shape has been known for some 3000 years before the classic Greek times.
But I don’t know how the precision evolved. I know the Greek measured it to some 5% precision.