![]() ![]() Knowledge of the spherical Earth gradually began to spread beyond the Hellenistic world from then on. In the early fourth century BC Plato wrote about a spherical Earth, and by about 330 BC his former student Aristotle provided evidence for the spherical shape of the Earth on empirical grounds. The idea of a spherical Earth appeared in Greek philosophy with Pythagoras (6th century BC), although most pre-Socratics retained the flat Earth model. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat Earth cosmography, including Greece until the classical period, the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period, India until the Gupta period (early centuries AD), and China until the 17th century. Special thanks to 1971 Media for producing the documentary.The flat Earth model is an archaic conception of Earth’s shape as a plane or disk. ![]() Not going to let out the surprise so easily. ![]() Did you know that the most important requirement for our five daily prayers verifies a particular shape of the earth. Not only that ! Be prepared for a surprise in the video…Something that wil close the debate on the Flat Earth in the Quran. ![]() Even ancient Greeks, Indians and Muslims in the Golden Age of Islam discussed it in great detail. Ironic right? Is the earth spherical or flat? We don’t need to ask NASA. In today’s age of advanced science and technology, archaic questions like the shape of the Earth have gained popular attention again. Is the earth spherical or flat? We don't need to ask NASA. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |