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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

center. There was nothing new about putting "the most sacred place at

the center" says Boorstin. The Hindus placed Mount Meru, a......

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