Did our ancestors really think the world was flat?

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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When did people first figure out the world wasn’t flat? Well, according to author James Hannam, it was much earlier than you might imagine. In today’s episode, James tells Jon Bauckham more about humanity’s quest to determine the shape of our planet – from ancient thinking and Chinese cosmology to Victorian flat-earthers. (Ad) James Hannam is the author of The Globe: How the Earth Became Round (Reaktion, 2023). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-globe%2Fjames-hannam%2F9781789147582 The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.
0:05.0	A bit of a different thing going on this week.
0:07.3	You've been immature and you've lied.
0:10.3	And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.
0:13.9	I was trying to manipulate you.
0:15.7	Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.
0:18.1	I know, I'd be like, are you joking?
0:20.6	I don't know.
0:21.6	I guess you'd have to ask.
0:23.6	Someone that has sex.
0:24.6	Someone that has sex.
0:25.6	Right.
0:26.6	And remember, it's just between us.
0:30.6	Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery.
0:34.6	Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up and coming.
0:40.5	Nobody actually knew it existed.
0:43.1	But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan.
0:48.2	It looked good, really, really good.
0:51.5	Their investors thought so too.
0:53.8	And now their hotcakes are selling like, well, exactly.
0:58.5	Thanks, Canber.
1:02.2	Welcome to the History Extra podcast.
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