geni wrote:
On 12/13/05, Chris Jenkinson chris@starglade.org wrote:
The world was considered flat in ancient times.
Evidence?
Well, according to [[Flat Earth]] "in early Mesopotamian thought the world was portrayed as a flat disk floating in the ocean, and this forms the premise for early Greek maps like those of Anaximander and Hecataeus." The Flat Earth article references a web page called "Analysis of 7000 Years of Thinking Regarding Earth's Shape", at http://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/flat_earth_myth_ch5.html, which summarises and in turn cites a number of sources.
Chris