Prove that the Earth is spherical

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The ancients believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. In Russia, it was believed that the Earth is flat and is based on 3 whales swimming in the ocean of the boundless world. The peoples living on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers [Mesopotamia] imagined that the earth was a huge mountain resting on 12 pillars, and around it was a boundless ocean. And in ancient India, they believed that the earth was flat. Giant elephants hold them on their backs. Elephants, in turn, stand on a huge turtle. The turtle on a snake personifies the sky and surrounds the earthly space. The ancient Egyptians also believed that the earth is flat, and the sky is a solid dome located on this plane, and that the ship of the sun god [Ra] moves across the sky, showing the path of the sun [from sunrise to sunset. ].

There are now proponents of ... 🥁 "Flat Earth" who believe that the Sun moves through zero space and immediately appears on the other side of the disk

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