The Evolution Of The World

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see, many maps, had different centers. Each map had a
different center, each based on a different religion.

Many years before the birth of Jesus Christ, the Greeks theorized that
the earth was a globe. But after that, there was a period in history
called "The Great Interruption." This period was categorized by a
complete silence where people in general, forgot about the issue of
whether the earth was flat or whether it was a globe. Another reason
that brought the theories of a globular world to rest was because the
priests told the general public that the earth was flat. Priests such as
St. Augustine and others invented the Antipode theory, which stated that
a world shaped like a globe is impossible because objects would be
hanging downwards and growing backwards. Once again, religion played a
major part in this argument that would rage on for many years to come.

To conclude, much like the theories of the priests in the first 400
years after the birth of Jesus ...

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