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it was obvious that the Earth was flat until not too long ago in Human History.
by ekianjo 3y ago
it was obvious that the Earth was flat until not too long ago in Human History.
- 8372049 3y agoNo, the spherical shape of the Earth has been apparent and acknowledged for at least two thousand years. It's the heliocentric view that has been challenged until fairly recently.
- ekianjo 3y agothats patently false. it was known to the educated greeks but it was far from being widespread among the masses who were uneducated and did not know how to read. education was not a thing unless for the scribes which were a super small minority of the population. so for most people it was far from obvious that the Earth was spherical
- bawolff 3y ago"We all agree on the earth’s shape. For surely we always speak of the round ball of the Earth" - Pliny (Natural History, II.64). In year 77. If the earth was commonly spoken of in day to day language as the round ball, than i would assume this meant that even commoners knew that it was round.
- arrowsmith 3y agoNot true: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_flat_Earth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_flat_Earth