Hebrew Bible Jewish identity Greek Aramaic translations

A shared text linked Jewish communities

Scholars argue that the Hebrew Bible helped Jewish communities sustain a shared national identity after political independence was lost. A common history, ancestry, and law connected them, while Greek and Aramaic translations helped that identity continue across language boundaries.

Medieval European scholars knew the Earth was round

The idea that medieval Europeans generally believed in a flat Earth is a modern myth. Educated scholars in medieval Europe commonly accepted that Earth was spherical, drawing on ancient Greek astronomy and their own teaching traditions. Debates about geography and cosmology continued, but Earth's roundness was not a shocking discovery introduced by Columbus.

Most of Earth's volcanoes are underwater

Much of Earth's volcanic activity happens where tectonic plates meet on the ocean floor. As a result, most of the planet's volcanoes are underwater rather than on land.

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A shared text linked Jewish communities

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