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No, 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 unt
by 8372049 2y ago
No, 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 2y 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 2y 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.