what did the people say about the earth.
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Explanation:
Once upon a time, it made sense for people to believe that the Earth was flat, says University of Melbourne cartographer Chandra Jayasuriya. Ships would sail off toward the horizon and often never return, and those people left behind didn't really have access to information outside of their communities.
"Their view was egocentric and geocentric. They lived in a village that was the centre of their existence,'' she says. "The further away from the village they travelled, the more hostile the environment became."
Greek philosophers established that the Earth was round as far back as the third century BC, but it wasn't until the 15th century that it became commonly accepted.
The first scientific estimates of the Earth's circumference were made by the Greek mathematician and geographer Eratosthenes in 240 BC. He noted that on the 21st of June that year, in a town called Syene (near modern day Aswan), the reflection of the sun could be seen in a deep well, meaning that it was directly overhead.
But in Alexandria, around 800 kilometres away and almost directly north of Syene, at noon on the same day, the angle of the sun was about seven degrees – or one-50th of a circle.
Answer:
It's sphere.
Explanation:
In ancient times, many people thought that the earth was flat. In the fifth century B.C.E., Greek scientists suggested that it was a sphere. But long before that, in the eighth century B.C.E., the Bible writer Isaiah referred to “the circle of the earth,” using a word that may also be rendered “sphere.”—Isaiah 40:22; footnote.