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\nThe Ancient Greeks had determined the planet was a sphere 2000 years before Columbus set sail for the New World, and they came up with estimates too! So how did the Ancient Greeks Philosophers work out that the Earth was a sphere and how...\nThe Ancient Greeks had determined the planet was a sphere 2000 years before Columbus set sail for the New World, and they came up with estimates too! So how did the Ancient Greeks Philosophers work out that the Earth was a sphere and how on Earth did they figure out the size? Find out in this video.\n
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\nSoliloquy\n\n
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2015
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center, aristotle, constellations, plato, ancient greece, circumference, arguments
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cast, calculated, steady, sphere, round, planet, spherical, angle, moon, convinced, shadow, horizon, knew, earth, philosopher, higher, measure, curved, 2 cities, spherical earth
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