How Did Our Ancestors Learn To Map The World? Face Of The World Timeline
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Date: 2022-09-30
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Aeromarmot
Astronomy has the legacy of our ancient travelers. Our constellations are Greek, and the Greek alphabet is used in star designations. Considering the Greek gods and legends are a foundation of Western literature, this is not surprising.
Interstingly, over 2/3 of official star names are Arabic. Considering the ancient Arabs sailed and traveled across featureless deserts and used stars to navigate, it makes sense they were pretty advanced in astronomy and their knowledge influenced Midieval Europe.
Last weekend at a star party I met with some people from India. I asked about their culture's star names and constellations. Being a Westerner, I had no knowledge of it, and it was neat to hear it.
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Astronomy has the legacy of our ancient travelers. Our constellations are Greek, and the Greek alphabet is used in star designations. Considering the Greek gods and legends are a foundation of Western literature, this is not surprising.
Interstingly, over 2/3 of official star names are Arabic. Considering the ancient Arabs sailed and traveled across featureless deserts and used stars to navigate, it makes sense they were pretty advanced in astronomy and their knowledge influenced Midieval Europe.
Last weekend at a star party I met with some people from India. I asked about their culture's star names and constellations. Being a Westerner, I had no knowledge of it, and it was neat to hear it.
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Huw
There were many accidental preventions for ship scurvy, lack of vitamin C. Polynesians had coconuts for thirst and food, Captain Cooke was a big believer in pickled cabbage, North American native seafarers used smoked fruit berry patties. And so on. Oh yes, Spanish discoverd south American potatoes, good also source of scurvy prevention they found by trial and error - also a good vitamin C source.
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There were many accidental preventions for ship scurvy, lack of vitamin C. Polynesians had coconuts for thirst and food, Captain Cooke was a big believer in pickled cabbage, North American native seafarers used smoked fruit berry patties. And so on. Oh yes, Spanish discoverd south American potatoes, good also source of scurvy prevention they found by trial and error - also a good vitamin C source.
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Jeremy
So. let me get this straight. even though Alexander the Great traveled to India by land. it wouldn't be until the Middle Ages that the Europeans would know how to get to India? And the world waited for Europeans to discover everything first before following their footsteps? Sounds very suspicious.
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So. let me get this straight. even though Alexander the Great traveled to India by land. it wouldn't be until the Middle Ages that the Europeans would know how to get to India? And the world waited for Europeans to discover everything first before following their footsteps? Sounds very suspicious.
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Missy
We learned to map things thanks to friends who have a much higher perspective on the realm. It's plain as day if you study through human histories. Tuatha De Dannon, elves or holy vampires influenced all the kingdoms of man. We would otherwise still be collecting berries and making pottery.
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We learned to map things thanks to friends who have a much higher perspective on the realm. It's plain as day if you study through human histories. Tuatha De Dannon, elves or holy vampires influenced all the kingdoms of man. We would otherwise still be collecting berries and making pottery.
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Huw
Atlanteans lived along the Mediterranean then river valley, then moved to Egypt when it got more and more flooded as a sea, and also other places. Ancient people of so called Atlantis, towards the Gates of Hercules, entrance of the Mediterranean Sea now. Problem solved?
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Atlanteans lived along the Mediterranean then river valley, then moved to Egypt when it got more and more flooded as a sea, and also other places. Ancient people of so called Atlantis, towards the Gates of Hercules, entrance of the Mediterranean Sea now. Problem solved?
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Meatman419
White people learned to map the world. The other races just kinda didn't care about exploring or learning or experimenting or expanding their knowledge and wisdom or improving themselves and their societies and the societies they would leave to their children.
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White people learned to map the world. The other races just kinda didn't care about exploring or learning or experimenting or expanding their knowledge and wisdom or improving themselves and their societies and the societies they would leave to their children.
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The
It wasn't 'our' ancestors that mapped the world it was MY ancestors that mapped the world. White Western Europeans did this.
Never forget. It was glorious WHITE PEOPLE who accomplished this gloriously white task.
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It wasn't 'our' ancestors that mapped the world it was MY ancestors that mapped the world. White Western Europeans did this.
Never forget. It was glorious WHITE PEOPLE who accomplished this gloriously white task.
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Mujangga
Nice documentary. Perhaps instead of focusing on the border drawing of the Middle-East and Africa, the doc makers could have mentioned the Great Geodetic Survey of India: truly a great work of Science.
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Nice documentary. Perhaps instead of focusing on the border drawing of the Middle-East and Africa, the doc makers could have mentioned the Great Geodetic Survey of India: truly a great work of Science.
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Huw
Winners make the history.
Think 1066 in England, Wales, Scotland and hence Ireland too. Everything before 1066 was taboo to mention for almost a thousand years, deemed the Normans.
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Winners make the history.
Think 1066 in England, Wales, Scotland and hence Ireland too. Everything before 1066 was taboo to mention for almost a thousand years, deemed the Normans.
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Shaun
well for one, they weren't brainwashed by Luciferians masquerading as scientists telling them that they live on a spinning globe. They knew the truth about our flat earth
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well for one, they weren't brainwashed by Luciferians masquerading as scientists telling them that they live on a spinning globe. They knew the truth about our flat earth
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David
You ve gotta dance like there s nobody watching,
Love like you ll never be hurt,
Sing like there s nobody listening,
And live like it s heaven on earth
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You ve gotta dance like there s nobody watching,
Love like you ll never be hurt,
Sing like there s nobody listening,
And live like it s heaven on earth
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mIRCL564
C'mon guys. There never was a School of Navigation in Sagres. That was a myth, debunked long ago. And Henry the Navigator was NOT king of Portugal.
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C'mon guys. There never was a School of Navigation in Sagres. That was a myth, debunked long ago. And Henry the Navigator was NOT king of Portugal.
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Daryl
it was because of women that maps were invented, their menfolk would never ask for directions and get lost time after time
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it was because of women that maps were invented, their menfolk would never ask for directions and get lost time after time
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