Flat Earth

The paradigm of a was developed in ancient beginning with (6th century BC), although most retained the flat Earth model. accepted the spherical shape of the Earth on empirical grounds around 330 BC, and knowledge of the spherical Earth gradually began to spread beyond the from then on.

The misconception that educated people at the time of Columbus believed in a flat Earth has been referred to as "The In 1945, it was listed by the Historical Association (of as the second of 20 in a pamphlet on common errors in history.

The Flat Earth model is a view that the s shape is a or Most pre-modern cultures have had conceptions of a flat Earth, including until the the and civilizations of the until the until the (early centuries AD) and until the 17th century. It was also typically held in the cultures of the until the and a flat Earth domed by the in the shape of an inverted bowl is common in pre-scientific societies.