Predictions: at best some incoherent rant that they can but won't do it for some bullshit reason
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You completely misunderstand. We predict eclipses and generate equations to extrapolate them based on charts - not models.
There are plenty of civilizations which "modeled" the world as flat which also had charts of when eclipses occurred.
The shape of the world is not involved in such things at all.
Beyond that, models are merely tools for limited use - not proof of anything in reality.
We have working astronomical models for the earth being the center of the universe (and assuming the earth a flat plane, as it appears experientially to us). Does that prove that the earth is the center of the universe?
It is trivial to create a model assuming anything you like - reality doesn't care.
Can you name one of the civilizations/share one of the charts?
ancient egyptians, babylonians, and ancient chinese to name a few.
I leave the cuneiform tablets to someone else to track down ;)
Funny you mention the Egyptians and Chinese, because their charts are largely constructed around a heliocentric model
The ancient egyptians conceived of a flat earth with a dome stretched out over it. It's depicted many times in their reliefs.
The ancient chinese are almost certainly the same - prior to greek influence, that is.