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No they believed it was a bowl shape. they thought the water would fall out.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThis is a common myth. Most advanced societies, including the Greeks and the Islamic cultures, knew that the earth was round.
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∙ 6y agoNo. They not only knew that is was a globe, they also had calculated the exact size of the globe.
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∙ 6y agoNo, they knew it was round. This silly idea somehow gained traction and some people still the world is flat. I suggest anyone who thinks that look at the photos of the earth from space.
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∙ 13y agoNo. They thought it was a bowl shape
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Why does the flat earth society think the earth is flat?
The majority of the members of the Flat Earth Society do not believe the Earth is flat. They are members because it's a counter-culture group which some people find interesting.Those who think the Earth is flat are usually motivated by religious literalism.
What did Nicolaus Copernicus think your solar system was?
Copernicus concluded our solar system had our Sun at the center and our Earth went around our Sun. He probably thought the same about your solar system.
Did Nicolaus Copernicus or Galileo Galilei first find out what happens with the Earth?
Nicolaus Copernicus found out what happens with the Earth's movements.
How did Copernicus prove that the earth wasn't in the middle of the universe?
Galileo did not prove that Earth was not flat (It had already been agreed that it was round). Galileo invented the telescope and used it to prove that there were objects which did not orbit the Earth, supporting Copernicus' Heliocentric model for the universe. The Earth was known to be round by the ancient Greeks, but I do not who it found out initially (sorry).
What theory was associated with Nicolaus Copernicus?
Copernicus is generally accredited with the idea that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
What did people believe before Copernicus?
that the earth was the center of the universe and that the earth wAS FLAT
What did Copernicus do important .?
he said the earth is not flat but round it rotates around the sun to make it day&night.
Achievements of Nicolaus Copernicus?
Copernicus proved that the earth is flat and that we are NOT the center of all the universe. He also proved that planets rotate around the sun. He was also a well respected astronomer.
What important thing did Nicolas Copernicus do?
he said the earth is not flat but round it rotates around the sun to make it day&night.
Why does the flat earth society think the earth is flat?
The majority of the members of the Flat Earth Society do not believe the Earth is flat. They are members because it's a counter-culture group which some people find interesting.Those who think the Earth is flat are usually motivated by religious literalism.
What is important about the copernican revolution?
Part of why the Copernican revolution was so important is because it changed how people viewed the word. Before Copernicus, they believed in Ptolemy, who thought that the earth was flat.
Why do people think think the earth is flat?
Flat earth believers are almost exclusively motivated by religion or by conspiracy theory beliefs.
Why did people think that Copernicus was wrong?
Everyone thought that the sun orbits the Earth and all other planets but Copernicus studied the ski carefully. He found out that the Earth and all other Planets orbits the sun and the earth is not the centre of the universe. The sun is.
Why do you think the earth is not flat?
Because the Earth has been directly observed, so we know it's not flat.
Do oysters think the earth is flat?
yes
What was THINK in old times?
Earth was flat
What did people think about the earth in the past?
There have been all kinds of cosmologies in past civilisations. In ancient times, at the dawn of western civilisation, it was commonly thought that the Earth was a flat surface, covered by a dome, suspended in water. Later, a few centuries BCE, the Greek figured out that the Earth was spherical, and were even able to roughly determine its circumference. They still believed that the Earth was at the center of everything, though, and that the Sun, stars and planets (which, according to the Greek, were simply "wandering stars") revolved around the Earth. It wasn't until the sixteenth century CE that Copernicus published a heliocentric model, challenging the geocentric model upheld by philosophers and religious authorities until that time. From then on, our models of the solar system became increasingly accurate, culminating in our current understanding.
