Based on their interpretation of the Old Testament of the Bible, European thinkers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries commonly believed that the world was:
A) about 6000 years old
B) close to 5 billion years old
C) infinitely old with no vestige of a "beginning"
D) of indeterminate age

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European thinkers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries commonly believed in the biblical account of creation, which held that the world was created around 4000 BCE, making it approximately 6000 years old. This was despite evidence to the contrary from emerging scientific fields such as geology and astronomy.

Based on Their Interpretation of the Old Testament of the Bible