Myth of the flat Earth
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title:
Myth of the flat Earth
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The myth of the flat Earth, or the flat-Earth error, is a modern historical idea that European scholars and educated people during the Middle Ages believed the Earth to be flat. The earliest clear documentation of the idea of a spherical Earth comes from the ancient Greeks. The belief was widespread in the Greek world when Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of Earth around 240 BC. This knowledge spread with Greek influence such that during the Early Middle Ages, most European and Middle E
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Misconception that people in the Middle Ages believed Earth to be flat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_flat_Earth
date created:
2007-07-13T18:06:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:13:36Z
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