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Undo revision 1597130 by Fire$hark (talk) Sourced info, and probably referring to a resurgence in the view.
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The idea of a flat Earth wasn't a 19th century invention. It is actually older than knowledge of the true shape of the Earth.
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eroeeeeeeeeee
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→Problems with the Model: Same reference.
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External link added
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New section: "Problems with the Model," and new categories
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Unprotected "Flat Earth": Changing to no protection level so sysops can see that it's unprotected
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→References
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→See also: Cosmology
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→External links: Flattening the Earth, Jeffrey Burton Russell
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History of geography
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Two of Darwin’s followers elevated it to a historical claim in books defending Darwinism and attacking Christianity
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for Mattee - it was at the bottom of the ref
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This wrong idea is due to a fascinating abuse of history that began around 1830
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Eratosthenes used geometry and a hired pace man to estimate its circumference to within a few percent
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Eratosthenes concluded the Earth to be 40,000 kilometers in circumference, or approximately 25,000 miles
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This ref is overkill - I'll move it to Eratosthenes later
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an account of how Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth
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{{fact-science}} - I could have used {{fact-historical}} but I just love ancient Greece
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truth before fiction - saves time for the average reader
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Some writers have presented the mistaken idea that medieval Europeans used a literal reading of the Bible to conclude that the Earth was flat.
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a primitive concept falsely attributed to medieval Christian leaders
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"Christianity did not invent or promote the myth of the flat Earth."
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