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My mind is blown: Eratosthenes, a greek scholar, calculated the circumference of the Earth in ~200 BC. Margin of error was less than 1% (en.wikipedia.org)

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1 year ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / ) 1 child

Everyone did. They thought you could fall off the earth

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BeefyBelisarius on scored.co

1 year ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / )

Your own link says otherwise. Everyone who was in a position to fund long distance ocean voyages had access to the Greek classics like Eratosthenes.

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