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What did ancient people believe was the center of the universe?
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∙ 11y ago
they believed that the earth was the center.
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What did people believe before Copernicus?
that the earth was the center of the universe and that the earth wAS FLAT
What did people believe is at the center of the universe?
If you were Chinese, the Forbidden City. If you were European, Europe.
Why did people believe earth was center of universe?
Because it was the old catholic churches teachings.
How did Copernicus and Kelper change people's view of the universe?
they proved that the earth rotate around the sun not the other way making people doudt the ancient greek authorities
Why was Copernicus' work controversial?
Because people liked to believe that the Earth was at the centre of the universe and the Ptolemaic model of the universe had been seen as accurate for so long that any other idea was disapproved. It's like Darwin's theory of evolution, at the time nobody liked to believe it, it was only years later that we realised it was an extremely likely theory.
What did people believe was at the center of the universe?
cheese.
What did people of early civilations believe was the center of the universe?
i do believe its FAMILY
Why did the Chinese people believe they were the center of the universe?
They believed they were more superior and more advance than the other ancient civilizations. (Just as we do now.)
What did people believe before Copernicus?
that the earth was the center of the universe and that the earth wAS FLAT
What did people believe is at the center of the universe?
If you were Chinese, the Forbidden City. If you were European, Europe.
Why did people believe earth was center of universe?
Because it was the old catholic churches teachings.
What did people use to think the center of the universe was?
People used to think that the earth was the center of the universe.
Who was the first propose that the sun was the center of the universe and everything else revolved around it?
No--he believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
Did people believe the moon was center of the universe?
Some ancient civilisations did indeed believe the moon was the centre of the universe and that the earth orbited it. It was the more commonly held belief, however, that the Earth was at the centre. The renouned classical astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei is generally held as the first person to discover otherwise, and it wasnt until after his death that the world warmed to his claims that the Earth actually orbited the sun.
Who did early people think was the center of the universe?
the earth
What was the conflict in Galileo life?
There was a major conflict with the catholic church. They reportedly did not think the time was right to allow people to believe that the world was not the center of the universe, as was implied by the bible.
What were the early ideas of the solar system and who thought of them?
Aristarchus of Samos thought that the sun was at the center of the universe and some "educated" greek people thought that the earth was the center of the universe but they were dead wrong because modern science now has evidence that the sun is the center of the universe.
