In the ancient Greek era, it was almost universally believed that the
A) pole star represented the center of the universe about which Earth and all other objects revolved.
B) Milky Way represented the observable universe, and its center was the center of the universe.
C) Sun was at the center of the universe.
D) Earth was at the center of the universe.

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In the ancient Greek era, the geocentric model was widely accepted, which posited that the Earth was at the center of the universe, and all other celestial bodies, including the sun, moon, stars, and planets, revolved around it. This belief was prevalent until the Copernican Revolution in the 16th century, which proposed a heliocentric model with the sun at the center.

In the Ancient Greek Era, It Was Almost Universally Believed