people didn't really think the world was flat.
at least not anywhere near as much as it is bandied about.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:37, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Many people believed that the world was in fact a rhombus, true fact*

*true fact may not be true
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:38, Reply)

people
didn't really have the time or the interest to ponder on whether the earth was flat. Your average peasant's world was bounded by his master's land, the concept of oceans and foreign countries was pretty much meaningless to them let alone whether the world was flat
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:40, Reply)

the people who did think about it didn't think it was flat either

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:41, Reply)

Yeah
that's true. The Greeks knew it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:43, Reply)

as did Arab astronomers of the same period.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 15:29, Reply)