There have been scientific proof that the Earth is round for at least 2500 years. The ancient greeks even calculated the circumference of the Earth based on the

There have been scientific proof that the Earth is round for at least 2500 years. The ancient greeks even calculated the circumference of the Earth based on the position of the sun. (http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Distances.htm http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Distances.htm). We didn't have to circumnavigate the Earth to prove it. The church also accepted that the Earth was round, despite what many have been told by their teachers. Even sailors knew that the earth was round, since they could see the curvature of Earth from daily observations I found a more detailed article about this on the net: http://www.bede.org.uk/flatearth.htm http://www.bede.org.uk/flatearth.htm I could go on about how the "dark ages" wasn't so "dark", but that would probably be even more off topic :-)