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What shape did humans associate with the earth prior to the 4th century BCE?

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A circle
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A disc
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A square
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A sphere
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Solution

The correct option is B A disc
The notion that the earth is circular only occurred to philosophers and thinkers around 4th century BCE. It was around this time that the consensus about the shape of the earth shifted away from considering the earth to be a flat, disc-shaped plate.

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