David, If we consider that the ancients had the same powers of observation as we moderns do, then it's reasonable to believe that they knew the earth was a sphere in that flat circles or disks do not produce crescents such as we see in the phases of the moon. Only spheres produces cresents. In observing the moon, the ancients wouldn't have too much difficulty concluding that the earth, a heavenly body like the sun and moon, is probably spherical too.
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