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I just found the following pages while surfing that say the Earth was not viewed as flat in the Middle Ages and beyond:
http://thelastpsychiatrist.com.....wrong.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth
This is a bit of a shock to me as I've always heard and believed the idea that a few centuries ago people thought the Earth was flat.
I was wondering which of the two ideas (People did think there was a flat Earth or They did not) people on this forum had heard before.
I was taught in grade school, eons ago, that people used to think the earth was flat. I learned differently when I was older. I've never heard the kids mention anything about people in the Middle Ages believing the earth is flat. Now I'm curious. I will ask them if they're being taught that in school and get back to you.
I just listed the Middle Ages as an example of a time period I thought some people believed the people in that time period thought the earth was flat (I may be wrong though, I didn't double check to make sure the Middle Ages was listed) as I don't remember the time period I had heard of.
Sorry, I didn't make that more clear. I should have picked a different time period, I just didn't think to hard about it when I wrote that.
All I remember now about what I had heard was that a while ago people thought the earth was flat and somebody with a ship sailed around the world to prove it was not flat.
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