Social Sciences, asked by brainliestuser7278, 6 hours ago

Who proved first that the earth is round?

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Answered by biswalsarita68

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Under the assumption that the Sun is very far away, the ancient Greek geographer Eratosthenes performed an experiment using the differences in the observed angle of the Sun from two different locations to calculate the circumference of the Earth.

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