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Man believed Earth to be flat and the stars to be a covering or blanket for Earth.

An eclipse was considered to be an omen of either a wonderful event or a terrible disaster.

Greek philosopher Pythagoras is accredited as being the first to describe Earth as a sphere during the fifth century BC.

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