The Shape
of the World
documentary
Christopher Columbus and the Great Age of Discovery
HIST 351 ~ Fall 2010
Episode One:
Heaven and Earth
1. What are the worldviews of the Indonesians, Buddhists, and ancient Egyptians as described in the documentary?
2. How did the ancient Greeks discover the true shape of the world? Who were the important scholars involved in this process?
3. What did the Chinese contribute to the science of making maps?
4. How did Christianity influence the European view of the world? What were the ideas of Cosmas and Isidore of Seville? What were Sir Charles Gordon’s ideas about the Garden of Eden?
5. What were the characteristics of medieval world map like the Hereford mappamundi?
6. How were medieval maps used to show power?
7. What was the city of Constantinople’s contribution to European geographical knowledge?
8. Describe the revival of European knowledge of Ptolemy during the fifteenth century?
Christopher Columbus and the Great Age of Discovery
HIST 351 ~ Fall 2010
Christopher Columbus and the Age of Discovery
is an internet learning resource directed by Dr. Ronald Fritze,
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
at Athens State University in Athens, Alabama.
The Age of Discovery web project
is part of the CornDancer family
of open-access, non-commercial, developmental websites.
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