The Evolution Of The World
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The Greek geographers of the later Roman period developed systematic
calculations for the mapping and shaping of the earth. However, what
would come to replace these systematic calculations? Why were the
ideologies of a flat earth accepted and why were those of a spherical
earth ridiculed? The ans ....
Middle of paper
.... high mountain at the center of their map. In the Muslim
faith, the Ka’bah in Mecca was the highest point on earth and the
polestar showed the city of Mecca to be opposite the center of the sky.
As one can clearly see, many maps, had different centers. Each map had a
different center, each based on a different religion.
Many years before the birth of Jesus Christ, the Greeks theorized that
the earth was a globe. But after that, there was a period in history
called "The Great Inter ....
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