Answer to Question #193892 in Physical geography for max

Question #193892

examine the ideas of greek philosophers on the shape and size of the earth during the classical times


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2021-05-17T17:28:03-0400

Leucippus and Democritus believed that the Earth is flat.

Pythagoras tried to prove that the Earth has the shape of a sphere.

Aristotle, based on observations, came to the conclusion that the earth has a spherical shape.

Eratosthenes believed that the earth is in the shape of a sphere, and was the first to calculate the circumference of the earth.



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