Timeline for How did Eratosthenes know the distance between Aswan and Alexandria?
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| Jul 18, 2022 at 5:11 | comment | added | Frigo | Yes, because it was possible to cross the Sahara almost in a straight line, so that the travel distance was pretty close to the actual distance "as the crow flies". And also, being a land route, travel times on it were less subject to weather, which made them more uniform. | |
| Jul 17, 2022 at 0:30 | comment | added | Rohit Pandey | I guess its important then that both cities were within the Sahara? | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 19:06 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Dec 21, 2020 at 18:51 | history | answered | Frigo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |