Question

Which of the following people was the first to think that the Earth was round?
Aristotle
Johannes Kepler
Pythagoras
Tycho Brahe

Answer 1

The first among the options listed to propose that the Earth was round was Pythagoras. Although Aristotle also supported the idea of a spherical Earth and provided additional evidence for it, Pythagoras is often credited with the initial concept of a round Earth in ancient Greece.