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Which country did Ptolemy belong to?

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Egypt
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Greece
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Italy
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France
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The correct option is A Egypt
Ptolemy was an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century CE. In 150 CE, Ptolemy formulated a model of the universe in which the Earth was stationary and the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars were all spinning around it. Ptolemy’s model put the Earth at the centre of the universe. Therefore, it came to be known as the Geocentric model of the universe.

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