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Before 4th century BCE, thinkers and philosophers thought that the Earth was .

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flat and disc-shaped
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spherical
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round
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circular
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Solution

The correct option is A flat and disc-shaped
The idea that the Earth is circular only occurred to philosophers and thinkers around 4th century BCE. Before this, it was thought that the Earth was a flat, disc-shaped plate.

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