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Apocalypse was written after 1486 AD

Not quite what you have learned in school? The fact is that this version of World History is more substantiated by hard facts and logic, validated by new astronomical and statistical research than all that you have learned, read and heard about history before. Is this order too tall? Let us see.

It has to be said that the Almagest is one of the cornerstones that the entire edifice of contemporary chronology is based upon. It is supposed to have been written in the II century AD by Ptolemy, the founding father of astronomy. This presumably antediluvian tractate catalogues 1028 observable stars with the precision of 10'-15' (arc minutes) of longitude. Now, the rotation of the Earth makes the night sky make a turn of 1 arc degree every four minutes. One arc degree consists of 60 arc minutes, which means that the sky rotation speed equals 15' (arc minutes) per one minute of time. Ptolemy's measurements could not have possibly been performed with either a sundial, clepsydra, or an hourglass due to their imprecision. Could he have used his Grandfather's Swiss chronometer that had a minute hand? This seems most improbable considering that minute hands are a novelty introduced to clocks as recently as 1550 AD.

Another solid pillar of universal history is the Bronze Age, that has taken place is thousands years ago. Now, to make bronze you need 90% copper and 10% tin. Simple. Trouble is that the technology for tin extraction dates back as late as 14th century A.D. The Scaliger chronologists did not bother to consult a chemist, they have been driven by altogether different considerations, neither caring much for tin, nor indeed for science itself! As a result, "ancient" Greek heroes happily hack at each other with bronze swords that need tin for their manufacture, which has not been discovered as yet.

Another solid pillar of universal history is the Bronze Age, that has taken place is thousands years ago. Now, to make bronze you need 90% copper and 10% tin. Simple. Trouble is that the technology for tin extraction dates back as late as 14th century A.D. The Scaliger chronologists did not bother to consult a chemist, they have been driven by altogether different considerations, neither caring much for tin, nor indeed for science itself! As a result, "ancient" Greek heroes happily hack at each other with bronze swords that need tin for their manufacture, which has not been discovered as yet.