2007-10-07 19:38:38 · 10 answers · asked by maris q 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Long before humans discovered the earth was flat it was written in the bible.
Hebrew prophet Isaiah, of the eighth century B.C.E., indicated that the earth was spherical. He wrote: “There is One [God] who is dwelling above the circle of the earth, the dwellers in which are as grasshoppers.” (Isa. 40:22) The Hebrew word here rendered “circle” also may be translated “sphere.” (A Concordance of the Hebrew and Chaldee Scriptures, by B. Davidson)
2007-10-07 19:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by beautyspot23 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, the ancient Greeks knew the world was round, as it can be demonstrated in several ways. The shadow of the earth on the moon during a lunar eclipse is always round, travel on land or sea (the Greeks were great sailors) show some stars disappear to the north or south while others appear as you move, ships obviously move below the curve of the earth as they sail away.
Aristarchus of Samos was the first to suggest that the earth orbitted the sun.
Columbus actually DIDN'T prove the world was round, nor was he a true believer in a wilderness of ignorance. He actually had the wrong size for the earth and everyone else had the right size. He just got lucky that something was between Europe and Asia to the west.
2007-10-08 02:45:15 · answer #2 · answered by Howard H 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not Columbus, it is a myth that everyone thought the world was flat. the Greeks were one of the first. Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth to within about 7% error. That was in the 3rd century, BC
2007-10-09 13:45:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus
2007-10-08 02:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by AFRO THUNDER 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Isaiah 40: 22; and he was from 824 to 714 before Christ.
2007-10-08 02:53:06 · answer #5 · answered by jeni 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Coperniccus..n he was sent 2 jail 4 that !
2007-10-08 03:55:26 · answer #6 · answered by Gambit-Xeneise 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
aristotle
Many of my friends at millionairematch.com always said aristotle know the earth is round while we know money can earn at everywhere.
2007-10-08 02:45:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no one can ever possibly know the answer.
2007-10-08 02:40:43 · answer #8 · answered by bark 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Copernicus? Dunno, but Magellan proved the world is round. But, yeah, no one will ever know the answer.
2007-10-08 02:43:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
aristotle or socrates
2007-10-08 02:40:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋