When the first barbaric, primitive European savages invaded the great civilizations of the Americas, the Aztecs, Toltecs, Mayans and Incas had far superior knowledge of math and science and astronomy than the invading thugs of Europe, in the throes of the anti-science, religion-dominated DARK AGES.
Prior to the rise of anti-science Christianity, the Greeks had developed math, science and astronomy, but by the time rich, feudal, elitist oligarchs ruled Europe, that science was largely lost other than to the extent that it was preserved, not by the Christians, but by the Arabic Muslims (prior to the rise of their own Wahhabi Sunni Muslim extremist and their own Dark Ages that would arise much later), who added to it the concept of zero as a place holder, Algebra, Algorithms and Arabic numerals to replace the clunkier Roman numerals.
The Greeks had even accurately proven that the earth was spherical and accurately calculated its size (Eratosthenes, 240 BCE, 1732 years before Columbus’ first voyage. Columbus, the primitive savage, rejected Eratosthenes’ accurate calculation in favor of his own, in which he calculated the earth to be just one third of its actual size, putting the Indies in easy reach of a westward boat trip. Without the unknown continent of America, the distance of that land mass and the massive Pacific Ocean would have caused the ignorant Columbus to die at sea.
When the first barbaric, primitive European savages invaded the great civilizations of the Americas, the Aztecs, Toltecs, Mayans and Incas had far superior knowledge of math and science and astronomy than the invading thugs of Europe, in the throes of the anti-science, religion-dominated DARK AGES.
Prior to the rise of anti-science Christianity, the Greeks had developed math, science and astronomy, but by the time rich, feudal, elitist oligarchs ruled Europe, that science was largely lost other than to the extent that it was preserved, not by the Christians, but by the Arabic Muslims (prior to the rise of their own Wahhabi Sunni Muslim extremist and their own Dark Ages that would arise much later), who added to it the concept of zero as a place holder, Algebra, Algorithms and Arabic numerals to replace the clunkier Roman numerals.
The Greeks had even accurately proven that the earth was spherical and accurately calculated its size (Eratosthenes, 240 BCE, 1732 years before Columbus’ first voyage. Columbus, the primitive savage, rejected Eratosthenes’ accurate calculation in favor of his own, in which he calculated the earth to be just one third of its actual size, putting the Indies in easy reach of a westward boat trip. Without the unknown continent of America, the distance of that land mass and the massive Pacific Ocean would have caused the ignorant Columbus to die at sea.