Most ancient cultures believed that the Earth was
A) spherical and moving through space
B) flat and moving through space
C) spherical and motionless
D) flat and motionless

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Most ancient cultures, including those in Greece until the classical period, India until the Gupta period, and China until the 17th century, believed that the Earth was flat and motionless. This view was based on immediate sensory observations of the world around them and the apparent motion of the Sun, Moon, and stars across the sky, which seemed to revolve around a stationary Earth.

Most Ancient Cultures Believed That the Earth Was