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Essay Galaxy - The Evolution Of The World
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 answer to this question is very simple and can be
answered by one clear and concise word: Religion.
"Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst
of the nations and countries
that are round about her." (Ezekiel 5:5)
This verse from the of book Ezekiel simply states that the city of
Jerusalem should be in the center of all maps created. This eliminated
the need for any latitude or longitude. Before hand, there had been more
than six hundred maps created, not one having this holy city as the
cen....
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