In the early Middle Ages, many people imagined the Earth as …

In the early Middle Ages, people were convinced that the Earth was flat. In these times, a special point of view prevailed, which assumed mythological ways of organizing the world. Gradually, with the establishment of monotheistic religions, people’s attitude to the world order did not change. For a long time, they did not accept the idea that the Earth was elliptical. Scientists and philosophers who argued the opposite views were considered heretics in societies and were often persecuted for a different point of view that did not correspond to the generally accepted one.