Michael Baizerman Author

Hopefully, you are perfectly aware of it. However, back in time scholars would come up with educative guesses about the Earth's circumference. This is the story of various evaluations. I made an effort to convert ancient measures into modern ones to show you the margin of deviation. To do this, I blend all the known samples of these measures into a 'consensus value', which is the average meaning. I refer to the stadium, Arab mile, and Roman mile. I mention Eratosthenes, Posidonius, Pierre d'Ailly, Ahmad Al-Farghani, and Christopher Columbus.  You can read this story here  https://independent.academia.edu/BaizermanMichael This is the second chapter of my book, "The Enchanting Encounter with the East". You can also view chapter 1: What If the Earth is the Sphere. My website gets attention from people around the world with more than 250 hits. I intend to continue uploading other parts of my second book. Meanwhile, I decided to review my first ...

My website is growing.  https://independent.academia.edu/BaizermanMichael/Papers In addition to previous publications, I uploaded three new chapters: 1) By Wheel and Wind: a focus on overland and water transportation in Ancient Mesopotamia. One of the scientists got interested in this article and we had a discussion 2) What if the Earth is the Sphere? This is chapter 1 of my second book, "The Enchanting Encounter with the East". The publishing house refused to accept it because it might not interest their readers so I will have to find another publisher. The article proves that most educated public in the Middle Ages recognized the theory of the spherical earth and envisaged it in different images.  3) The Reappraisal of Civilization. This is an introduction to my first book, "Dawn and Sunset: A Tale of the Oldest Cities in the Near East". (together with previously downloaded The Tower of Babel.) I give my definition of civilization and outline a for...