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“It must first be reiterated that with extraordinary few exceptions no educated person in the history of Western Civilization from the third century B.C. onward believed that the earth was flat”

Quote by Jeffrey Burton Russell

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Jeffrey Burton Russell
Jeffrey Burton Russell

Jeffrey Burton Russell is an American historian renowned for his research on medieval and religious history. His works cover a range of topics from early Christianity to the late Middle Ages. more

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