For the last couple centuries, people have been picturing a future full of things like robots, lasers, lots of space travel, etc. How did people in ancient times and the middle ages picture the future? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

For the last couple centuries, people have been picturing a future full of things like robots, lasers, lots of space travel, etc. How did people in ancient times and the middle ages picture the future?

by I_despise_mayonnaise

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I have a couple of earlier answers that might interest you!

Before 1700, where there any books or plays with a definite setting in the future? How did they present future society, and what where their predictions?
What did medieval people think about the distant future?

Hope this helps!