To be fair though, Thales and Anaximander's cosmic theories were a bit... strange, even by pre-Socratic standards.
But I'm not sure about Babylonians or other early societies (but I bet Wikipedia knows!) - as you point out, seafaring nations might be the ones more likely to notice the phenomena that tell you the world is round.
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Date: 2008-02-17 03:09 pm (UTC)But I'm not sure about Babylonians or other early societies (but I bet Wikipedia knows!) - as you point out, seafaring nations might be the ones more likely to notice the phenomena that tell you the world is round.