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cryptonector
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Egyptian Circumnavigation of Africa ~600 BC
> Ancient Mesopotamian astronomy, for instance, used a flat earth model.
I mean, we do too, we just call them 2D projections, but they are "flat earth models" :^)
matt-attack
on May 30, 2021
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Exactly this. A flat earth model can be extremely useful and convenient, and highly accurate depending on the use.
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I mean, we do too, we just call them 2D projections, but they are "flat earth models" :^)