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In ancient times people knew that the world was round, as well as many other scientific facts. This information was lost in Europe when Rome fell to the barbarians about 450 a.d., although it continued to be taught in Arabic universities. In 1050 the European Crusaders conquered the city of Toledo, in Moorish (Arabic) Spain, and gained access to the university there. The refound information slowly worked its way into European culture, and resulted in the Renaissance, beginning in the early 14th century. When Columbus undertook his voyage to the New World many people in Europe knew that the Earth was round, but it was not, by any means, universally known. Therefore, Europeans thought that the Earth was flat for about a thousand years. Almost everybody else always knew that it was round.
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Is a square a flat or curved surface?
Flat!
Is the sphere has a flat surface?
It does not have a flat surface.
What has one curved surface and 1 flat surface?
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What is the flat surface on a diamond called?
One flat surface is a table. Many flat surfaces are facets.
What is a flat faced animal?
flat head (fish)
Some saliors think the world was flat why do think they thought this?
people had thought the world was flat because they didn't know unlike now they didn't have photos from space, airplanes to travel around the world or enough scientific research on it. some people still thing the world is flat and that some places on the world are myths including pictures from space, they believe that no one has ever really been to space and its a complete lie. these people are called the flat world group.
What is a theory that people in the past had about the world?
Long ago people thought that the world was flat, and that sailing ships would fall over the edge.
How the earliest people thought about the shape of the earth?
They thought is was flat.
Why did people stop believing the world was flat?
No one said it. This is another one of those myths about history. Man never really thought it was flat.
How did Christopher Columbus'voyage change the world?
Christpher Columbus changed the world because he discovered the Americas. Some people thought that the Earth was flat and that it was possible to fall off, him hitting Cuba, proved that thought wrong.
Did christopher Columbus knew the earth was flat before his voyage or after his voyage?
He knew it was not flat, before he went. Even in those times alot of people knew the world was not flat. They just thought North and South America did not exist. Columbus thought he could sail form Europe to India
How did people in pompeii shape the earth?
pompeii people thought the earth was flat
How did people come to know that earth was flat?
People back then thought earth was flat because when they walked they didnt know that they were going upside down or sideways because gravity pulled them down and they thought everything was just flat.
How long people been aware that the earth is not flat?
the 16th century
Most of the people in Columbus time thought the earth was flat?
Yes.
Why did the Europeans think the earth is flat in 1600?
No one believed that the earth was flat in the 1600 it was a well know fact that the world was round. This myth that people used to believe that the world was flat didn't exsist before 1870-1920. The myth probably came to existance because it was way more intriguing that Colombus in a world where everyone thought was flat was the only one who believed it was round.
What is flat world?
flat world is what the dumb people use to think a long time ago
