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Originally Posted by Aeon
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Erm well, you need not believe everything you read either. The fact that the Vikings believed "Midgard" was flat, and they traveled half the world and more.
Chances are there were stories about a flat world, and "falling off the end" created and turned into myths.
It was somewhat "prooved" that the world was round in 1530ish, but "The school of Athens" picture also shows spherical globes, even tho it was painted in 1510-1512.
The concept of spherical earth was apparently around in Greece since the 600-300 B.C.
Other cultures may have had other stories/beliefs. Such as the Vikings.
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While it's a misconception that the educated people of the middle ages believed in a flat earth, it's not a misconception that they believed either the earth or the sun was the center of the universe. It was not until the 19th and 20th century that our studied men were able to peer into the heavens and accurately see that our sun in fact was not the center of the universe and was just another star rotating around a galactic mass.