2006-07-08 21:50:29 · 28 answers · asked by Watson D 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
no.
if you read the first book of ovid's metamorphoses you will find a description of the earth as a sphere suspended in space orbited by the other planets.
a few early thinkers (particularly some greek ones) suggested that in fact the earth orbited the sun - but this was a minority view until kepler.
the bible believes in a flat earth (satan takes christ up into a high place and shows him all the kingdoms of the earth - this would be impossible if the earth were sperical), but most romans and greeks knew we live on an orbiting sphere.
2006-07-09 10:44:24 · answer #1 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Greeks already know that earth are not Flat and they did experiments in egypt to prove it.
probably other societies already knew that.
Only the blind eyes of Religion changed this main Idea, but I would not classify these guys as Antiquity.
Medieval world believe it.
2006-07-11 03:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by carlos_frohlich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure they did and there are many other things in written history that people once believed that turned out to be false. Such as believing that the earth was the centre of the universe and the planets and sun revolved around us. Copernicus and Galileo would persecuted for saying as much for years.
2006-07-08 21:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Windseeker_1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all of them. Here is proof.
The Shape of the Earth
"He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in" (Isaiah 40:22, NIV).
"He spreads out the northern [skies] over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing" (Job. 26:7, NIV).
This is particularly interesting considering that the cosmology of other cultures at that time did not have the earth suspended in nothing, but rather upon pillars, or people, or animals.
2006-07-08 21:56:23 · answer #4 · answered by Billy B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they didn't. Apparently the entire thing about a flat earth comes from a single work on medieaval europe.The greeks had worked out the earth was curved.
2006-07-09 14:00:28 · answer #5 · answered by Stewart B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is flat, just ask "The Flat Earth society", they still believe it to be so,
2006-07-15 07:23:55 · answer #6 · answered by charlietooo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they sure did....
Why?
i guess because they didn't have the science and technology we have today............but ofcourse some people did believe that the earth was round at that time(after the rise of civilizations).....but these people were very few as compared to the ones who think the earth is flat.
2006-07-09 01:11:07 · answer #7 · answered by Ahmed Jadalla Bushra Badawi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some still do...
The Flat Earth Society is alive and well!
2006-07-11 21:42:36 · answer #8 · answered by Red P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but it was known the world was round during the Roman times though. It predates Columbus
2006-07-08 21:57:08 · answer #9 · answered by gerbil31603 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup...because they didn't have the science and technology that we do today. Isn't that odd to think about though...that just a few hundred years ago, they KNEW the earth was flat???
2006-07-08 21:52:51 · answer #10 · answered by Dolphin lover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋