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That the Earth is round was known to ancient cultures but this knowledge was suppressed in Europe, mainly by the Catholic Church whose dogma insisted that Earth was the centre of the cosmos and lay under Heaven and above Hell. This is surprising since some of the best thinkers in Europe were clerics and monks within the Catholic Church.

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What did Copernicus do?

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Who first concluded that the earth was spherical?

Your mom. It was your mom who concluded it.


Who is the first man who discovered earth was round or flat?

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Who concluded that earth is round because it casts a shadow on the moon?

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Thales the Greek astronomer concluded that everything that exists comes ultimately from?

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